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Briefing for a Descent Into Hell

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4 out of 5
Based on 1,603 Ratings and 155 Reviews

Book Description
An extraordinary blend of fantasy and realism, this is classic Lessing. Penniless, rambling and incoherent, a man is found wandering at night on London's Embankment. Taken to hospital and heavily sedated, he tells the doctors of his incredible fantastical voyage, adrift on the ocean, landing on unknown shores, flying on the back of a huge white bird. Identified as Charles Walker, a Cambridge Class... More
Book Information
PublisherFlamingo
BindingPaperback (29 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages256
ISBN-100006548083
ISBN-13978-0006548089
Publication Date08/02/1995
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About Doris Lessing (Author) : Doris Lessing is a published author of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Doris Lessing include Lady Chatterley's Lover (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition), Behind a Mask: The Unknown T... more
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About Doris May Lessing (Author) : Doris May Lessing is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Published credits of Doris May Lessing include The Good Terrorist, Briefing for a Descent into Hell (Flamingo Modern ... more
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