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At one time, expatriate Jack Flowers was the youngest drinker at Singapore's Bandung Club. Now, at 53, he is a fixture. But he is beginning to fear death, alone and vulnerable in the alien tropics. And Jack still dreams of success. How can he convert his "perfect dream of magic" into reality, away from the seamy waterfront that has become his home? A funny and sophisticated novel from an acclaimed and popular writer.
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10 editions · 2 languages- Paperback · English · 1979Ballantine Books · 9780345277084
- Hardcover · English · 1977Hamish Hamilton · 251 pages · 9780241898222
- Paperback · English · 1976Ballantine Books · 9780345257529
- Other · English · 2014Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · 256 pages · 9780544339958
- Other · English · 2014Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · 259 pages · 9780544339965
- Other · English · 2011Penguin Books, Limited · 240 pages · 9780241955147
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