Hamo Langmuir flies westwards round the world to examine the effects of his miraculous high-yielding rice, leaving a bleak and impotent existence behind him. His god-daughter, Alexandra Grant, travels with her magic of myths and mysticism along the hippy trail to the East. With a wry wit Angus Wilson brings into focus their separate adventures (Quixotic in Hamo's case, dreamlike in Alexandra's) until the tragic denouement when they meet in Goa. 'Enough thought, comedy, wit, excitement and pathos to keep a dozen less ...
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Hamo Langmuir flies westwards round the world to examine the effects of his miraculous high-yielding rice, leaving a bleak and impotent existence behind him. His god-daughter, Alexandra Grant, travels with her magic of myths and mysticism along the hippy trail to the East. With a wry wit Angus Wilson brings into focus their separate adventures (Quixotic in Hamo's case, dreamlike in Alexandra's) until the tragic denouement when they meet in Goa. 'Enough thought, comedy, wit, excitement and pathos to keep a dozen less profligate and inventive novelists busy for years.' Francis King, Observer
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Add this copy of As If By Magic to cart. $5.39, fair condition, Sold by SELL BOOKS LTD rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1982 by HarperCollins Distribution Servi.
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Add this copy of As If By Magic to cart. $9.31, very good condition, Sold by Greener Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from London, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1976 by Penguin Books Ltd.
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Add this copy of As If By Magic / Angus Wilson to cart. $11.74, poor condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1976 by Harmondsworth: Penguin.
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Physical description; 425 pages; 19 cm. Subjects; Fiction in English. English fiction. Fiction in English, 1900 Texts. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, nicked and rubbed as with age. Creased cover, scattered foxing, water damaged. Text remains clear and without blemish.
Add this copy of As If By Magic to cart. $18.94, very good condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1973 by London: Secker and Warburg.
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Physical description: 415 pages; 23cm. Subjects: English fiction--20th century. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong.
Add this copy of As If By Magic to cart. $24.94, like new condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1973 by New York: Viking Press.
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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 415 pages; Description: 415 p.; 24 cm. Subjects: Twentieth Century American Literature--Anti-escapism--Reason and Compassion in modern world.
Add this copy of As If By Magic / Angus Wilson to cart. $43.00, like new condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1973 by London: Secker and Warburg.
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Physical description; 415 pages; 23 cm. Notes; Index present. Subjects; Families England; Fiction. Plant geneticists; Fiction. Green Revolution; Fiction. Homosexuality; Fiction. Familles Angleterre; Romans, nouvelles, etc. Phytogénéticiens; Romans, nouvelles, etc. Révolution verte; Romans, nouvelles, etc. Homosexualité; Romans, nouvelles, etc. Fiction. Fiction 20th century. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
Add this copy of As If By Magic to cart. $49.28, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1973 by Secker & Warburg.
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Used-Very Good. SIGNED copy VG hardback in VG dust jacket. 1st edition. Inscription 'in the copy of Diana Holman Hunt' by Angus Wilson on title page, dated 1980. Binding tight; dust jacket not price-clipped, but a little worn at edges.
Add this copy of As If By Magic / Angus Wilson to cart. $61.00, like new condition, Sold by MW Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, G, IRELAND, published 1973 by London: Secker and Warburg.
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Physical description: 415 pages; 23cm. Subjects: English fiction--20th century. Signed by the author. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.
Add this copy of As If by Magic to cart. $15.60, very good condition, Sold by West with the Night rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Viking Books.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. light shelfwear, mild toning to the jacket, no ownership marks, first printing, protected in brodart. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 415 p. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of As If By Magic to cart. $18.84, good condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by Random House (UK).
