At that moment came a noise like somebody breaking the backbone of a whale and the palm leaf punka crashed straight onto the table, one end of it completely obliterating the District Commissioner. `Oh my God!' screamed Mary, upsetting her gin and tonic. `I'm terribly, terribly sorry, sir,' said Martin to the invisible D.C. The palm fronds rusted and the D.C.'s head appeared. He opened his mouth to say something - and then caught sight of a very hairy spider the circumference of a saucer making its way along the punka ...
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At that moment came a noise like somebody breaking the backbone of a whale and the palm leaf punka crashed straight onto the table, one end of it completely obliterating the District Commissioner. `Oh my God!' screamed Mary, upsetting her gin and tonic. `I'm terribly, terribly sorry, sir,' said Martin to the invisible D.C. The palm fronds rusted and the D.C.'s head appeared. He opened his mouth to say something - and then caught sight of a very hairy spider the circumference of a saucer making its way along the punka towards him . . . `Delightful. A collection of scattered and dotty reminiscences.' Sunday Mirror `Durrell calamity prone in a mad world!' Sunday Times
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. Fine with tiny Paris booksellers ticket on the front pastedown in near fine price-clipped dustwrapper a touch bumped at the spine ends and edge wear. Distinctive ownership Signature of Elsa Schiaparelli at the half-title. Schiaparelli was one of the world's premiere designers during the 1930s, who pioneered numerous now-iconic fashions elements such as the divided skirt, trompe-l'oeil detailing, synthetic materials, and exposed fasteners, and as well as incorporated surrealist designed into her work through her collaboration with Jean Cocteau and Salvador Dali.
