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Something Wholesale: My Life and Times in the Rag Trade (Picador Books) (Paperback)

by Eric Newby (Author)
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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; New Ed edition (7 Jun 1985)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330287788
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330287784
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 141,850 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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An overview of the adventures of Eric Newby during his time as a commercial traveller working in the world of haute couture for the family firm of Lane and Newby, from his repatriation as a prisoner-of-war in 1945 until he embarked on his walk in the Hindu Kush in 1956. Last published in 1985.

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5.0 out of 5 stars classic tale of commercial life in 1950s, 30 Jan 2002
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Genuinelyhilarious memoir of the writer's time in the rag trade after the war and an afectionate portrait of his father - an unsual man of his times. Strongly reccomended.
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