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The Painted Veil
Penguin Main Series #872. 1st Edition, 1952.
Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland China, where a cholera epidemic rages...
Condition grading: Good Minus. Creases, foxing and marks to front cover. Some wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series #872. 1st Edition, 1952.
Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter, a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong. Unsatisfied by her marriage, she starts an affair with charming, attractive and exciting Charles Townsend. But when Walter discovers her deception, he exacts a strange and terrible vengeance: Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland China, where a cholera epidemic rages...
Condition grading: Good Minus. Creases, foxing and marks to front cover. Some wear to spine. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.