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Short of Glory
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Short of Glory

Alan Judd
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A satirical romp through the corridors of the Foreign Office as Patrick Stubbs is posted as third secretary in the British Embassy in Lower Africa. Mayhem awaits him - an absent-minded ambassador, a bullying first secretary with a dipsomaniac wife, and a crush on the police chief’s wife! The author won the 1981 Royal Society of Literature Award for A Breed of Heroes . In 1983 he was chosen as one of the Best of Young British Novelists.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Date
30 June 1993
Pages
416
ISBN
9780006545361

A satirical romp through the corridors of the Foreign Office as Patrick Stubbs is posted as third secretary in the British Embassy in Lower Africa. Mayhem awaits him - an absent-minded ambassador, a bullying first secretary with a dipsomaniac wife, and a crush on the police chief’s wife! The author won the 1981 Royal Society of Literature Award for A Breed of Heroes . In 1983 he was chosen as one of the Best of Young British Novelists.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Country
United Kingdom
Date
30 June 1993
Pages
416
ISBN
9780006545361

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