The Last Colonial: Curious Adventures and Stories from a Vanishing World

by Christopher Ondaatje and Michael Holroyd

Book Overview

It is the curious encounters behind these often precarious adventures that make up The Last Colonial. The stories tell of Ondaatje's childhood days in Ceylon, his early life in Canada, his fascination with inexplicable events and local superstitions, and his sometimes perilous travels researching biographies of Ernest Hemingway in Africa, Leonard Woolf in Ceylon, and Sir Richard Burton in India and Africa.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 050025186X
• ISBN13: 9780500251867
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.7"