First Edition. 264pp. Purple cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. Very lightly bumped spine heel and bottom edges. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket has very light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped. 8vo. Richly-textured first novel which sets out to explore the comic terrain of Africa via the character of Maud Mamuntu, Wife of God and giant mother of her people.