Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1973. The uncorrected proof copy of his sixth book, set in Malaya during the Vietnam war. It was on the strength of this and a handful of other books set in southeast Asia that Theroux came to be considered one of the most eloquent chroniclers of the dissolution of colonialism in the Third World. Basis for a 1979 film by Peter Bogdanovich, for which Bogdanovich won an award at the Venice Film Festival. Mild spine and edge-sunning. Top edge cut at a bit of a slant. Still very near fine in wrappers. Uncommon. [#000628] SOLD