288pp. In bright blue cloth-covered boards. 8vo. Cloth just a little rounded at spine ends. Upper text block edge a little dusty. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original dust jacket, spine sun faded; slightly rubbed at spine ends, shelf wear to rear, not price clipped. The story of a young Edinburgh slum-born boy who becomes almost mythical in his own lifetime through his involvement with adventures in African politics.