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'Bad Land is an uncommon book; uncommon in its conception and in its exquisite perceptiveness. It is the story of the last great migration of homesteaders to the barren plainsland of eastern Montana, and it is the story of their fate there. Raban is searching and compassionate, even mirthful, as captivated by his story as an African explorer. And he is at all times eloquent. His writer's zeal is the zeal of a convert to America, but his vision of those who wished to win the West but mostly lost it is unimpaired and true'.
Richard Ford

In 1942, the s.s. Broda, packed with refugees, broke up and sank off the Turkish coast. The men, women and children on board - refugees from Hitler's concentration camps bound for Palestine - were not the victims of enemy action but of British intransigence and Turkish officialdom, which forced the vessel out to sea when she was unseaworthy. Only two people out of six hundred survived. One of them, washed up on a lonely beach, bore the name of Jacob Lindmann.
Twenty years later, the man called Jacob Lindmann lives alone in a dreary lodging-house in Shepherd's Bush.
The shockwaves of his eventual breakdown reach back twenty years to reveal a totally different aspect of the Broda affair.

'Rechy tells the truth, and tells it with such passion that we are forced to share in the life he conveys. This is a most humbling achievement'.
JAMES BALDWIN

'A SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE'. Somerset Maugham
Sixteen pages of fine black & white photos.

'A treasure trove of historical journeys in Paris.... Paris has never been so fascinating'. Over 400 pages of narrative, one chronology, 17 pages of notes, 31 illustrations and a finely drawn map'.

Signed Edition: 'To Robert with my best wishes - Geoffrey Robertson'
'An essential guide for all those who want to understand the central role of human rights in law and politics today..... a formidable achievement'.
David Pannick QC, Evening Standard

'Untouchable... he is bequeathing us a body of work that adds up to the most accomplished dissection of American political, social and personal mores'.
Observer