The Heat Of The Day
Penguin Main Series 1844. 1st Edition, published 1962.
A haunting portrayal of love and betrayal in a London hollowed by war.
It is wartime London, and the carelessness of people with no future flows through the evening air. Stella discovers that her lover Robert is suspected of selling information to the enemy. Harrison, the British intelligence agent on his trail, wants to bargain, the price for his silence being Stella herself. Caught between two men and unsure who she can trust, the flimsy structures of Stella's life begin to crumble.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Some creasing to spine. Tanned strip to right edge of rear cover. Black pen mark to top right of front cover. Very light foxing and light crease to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 1844. 1st Edition, published 1962.
A haunting portrayal of love and betrayal in a London hollowed by war.
It is wartime London, and the carelessness of people with no future flows through the evening air. Stella discovers that her lover Robert is suspected of selling information to the enemy. Harrison, the British intelligence agent on his trail, wants to bargain, the price for his silence being Stella herself. Caught between two men and unsure who she can trust, the flimsy structures of Stella's life begin to crumble.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Some creasing to spine. Tanned strip to right edge of rear cover. Black pen mark to top right of front cover. Very light foxing and light crease to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin Main Series 1844. 1st Edition, published 1962.
A haunting portrayal of love and betrayal in a London hollowed by war.
It is wartime London, and the carelessness of people with no future flows through the evening air. Stella discovers that her lover Robert is suspected of selling information to the enemy. Harrison, the British intelligence agent on his trail, wants to bargain, the price for his silence being Stella herself. Caught between two men and unsure who she can trust, the flimsy structures of Stella's life begin to crumble.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Some creasing to spine. Tanned strip to right edge of rear cover. Black pen mark to top right of front cover. Very light foxing and light crease to front cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
