Set in an unnamed country that appears to be under military rule. The narrators and most of the characters remain anonymous. The language used is an atypical English form, but akin to the basic translation that might appear within a department of an overseas 'foreign office'.
- ISBN10 0436274647
- ISBN13 9780436274640
- Publish Date 1 June 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 January 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Language English