FIRST EDITION, 1st printing. 8vo. Inscribed by the author, with an ink drawing of a Mosquito and floral flourish, on the title page. 'To Nick, Paul Theroux, Christmas 1981.'. A fine copy in a near fine, price clipped dustwrapper with some minor fading to the spine. --- Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and also the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year.