Travel related fiction books for armchair travelling and killer bus rides.
Travel Related Fiction
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A GOOD YEAR Peter Mayle (France)
A GOOD YEAR: a novel set in France by Peter Mayle, author of A Year in Provence.
Price: AUD $8.00
A STATE OF INDEPENDENCE by Caryl Phillips
A scarce novel about a British West Indian who returns to the home country to see the end of colonial rule. This is a used book in good condition: cover is clean with light wear; pages are clean and browning at the edges with age; a few age spots. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
A STRAIGHT YOUNG BACK by Trevor Shearston
A scarce and popula novel based in Papua New Guinea.
Price: AUD $10.00
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS Khaled Hosseini - by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner (Afghanistan)
A Thousand Spendid Suns is a popular book set in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Price: AUD $8.00
AFTERNOON RAAG by Amit Chaudhauri
A novel based in contemporary India. Book is in good conditon with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample page and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $7.00
ANTHOLOGY OF JAPANESE LITERATURE compiled and edited by Donald Keene (Japan)
ANTHOLOGY OF JAPANESE LITERATURE: a collection of from the earliest era to mid-ninetheenth century.
Price: AUD $8.00
BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS Dai Sijie
A novel (fiction) based in China during Mao's cultural revolution.
Price: AUD $7.00
BANGKOK DICK David Young (Thailand Detective Novel)
A hard to find title from the genre of thrillers based in Bangkok.
Price: AUD $10.00
BAREFOOT GEN OUT OF THE ASHES VOLUME FOUR Keiji Nakazawa (Japan / Hiroshima)
BAREFOOT GEN OUT OF THE ASHES VOLUME FOUR: a classic manga graphic novel based on the bombing of Hiroshima.
Price: AUD $5.00
BEASTS OF NO NATION by Uzodinma Iweala
A debut novel based on an African child soldier, looks like a compelling read. First UK edition. Book is in excellent condition, near mint, only slight shelf wear and age. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $10.00
BECOMING MADAME MAO Anchee Min
Becoming Madame Maos is a novel based on wife of Chairman Mao Zedong, the revolutionary leader of China.
Price: AUD $8.00
BEER IN THE SNOOKER CLUB Waguih Ghali (Egypt)
A novel set in Egypt. -- 'A plainspoken writer of consummate wryness, grace and humor, the Egyptian author chronicles the lives of a polyglot Cairene upper crust, shortly after the fall of King Farouk and thoroughly unprepared to change its neo-feudal ways...This is the best book to date about post-Farouk Egypt.' -- Los Angeles Times
Price: AUD $8.00
BEHIND THE NIGHT BAZAAR by Angela Savage
A crime thriller novel based in Thailand. Book is in good condition with light wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $9.00
BOAT PEOPLE by James Eckardt
A rare novel by an excellent Thailand expat writer. Book is in good condition with clean, bright white pages. Cover shows light wear and general age. See photos for cover blurb and condition - enjoy!
Price: AUD $15.00
CITY OF JOY An epic journey into the soul of humanity by Dominique Lapierres
A novel based in Calcutta, India, later made into the Patrick Swayze film. Book is in good, read condition. Pages are clean and aging lightly. Cover shows some wear and general age. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!
Price: AUD $8.00
DRINK PLAY F@#K Andrew Gottlieb - One Man's Search for Anything Across Ireland, Vegas and Thailand.
After his wife leaves him, Bob Sullivan sets off to explore the world, experience a meaningful connection with the divine, and rediscover his passion
Price: AUD $8.00
FERAL TRACKS Euan Mitchell (Hitchhiking Australia)
FERAL TRACKS: Toted as the male version of Puberty Blues, Feral Tracks is a novel based on the true story of a 16 year old schoolboy who ran away from home with four dollars and hitchhiked around Australia.
Price: AUD $8.00
FINDING MR MANDINI by Jonathon Morgan and the Great African Spider Writers
A very hard to find and interesting looking book from South Africa. This is a used book in fair condition: pages are browning with age; cover is worn and creased; mild corner curls; looks rough but perfectly readable, rare and cheap. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!
Price: AUD $5.00
FLORENCE A Literary Companion by Francis King (Italy)
A rare readers' guide to Florence, Italy.
Price: AUD $10.00
FOOTSTEPS Pramoedya Ananta Toer (Indonesia)
A vivid tale of conflict and fragile love set against the struggle to create an Indonesian nation. This book is quite hard to find.
Price: AUD $9.00





















