{"product_id":"somewhere-over-the-rainbow-travels-in-south-africa-gavin-bell-2001-signed","title":"Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Gavin Bell","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSomewhere Over the Rainbow (Author-Signed \u0026amp; Inscribed Abacus Paperback)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Former Foreign Correspondent's Six-Month Journey Through Post-Apartheid South Africa and the Rainbow Nation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic Specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Somewhere Over the Rainbow: Travels in South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gavin Bell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Abacus, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2001\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780349112619\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0349112614\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Abacus paperback edition, 2001 (first published by Little, Brown and Company in 2000). Reprinted 2002, 2005. Inscribed and signed by the author.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Publisher's illustrated glossy card wrappers (Abacus), large softcover (trade paperback) format.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Format:\u003c\/strong\u003e Large softcover (trade paperback). 304 pages.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOfficial Condition Report\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Book:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good (G)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExterior \/ Wraps:\u003c\/strong\u003e The glossy illustrated card wrappers are structurally sound, with clean corners and no tears. The spine shows a slight crease and the cover carries light handling wear. The fore-edge and head of the text block are tanned.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e The text block edges are toned and yellowed. The title page is clean apart from the author's inscription and a small brown spot. The binding appears sound.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page in blue ink: \"For Monga, with thanks for the hospitality \u0026amp; friendship. Gavin Bell\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe Dust Jacket:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not Applicable (As Issued)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis \u0026amp; Historical Value\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomewhere Over the Rainbow: Travels in South Africa is Gavin Bell's account of a six-month journey around post-apartheid South Africa, beginning and ending in Cape Town. As a foreign correspondent Bell had written almost exclusively about politics. Here he set out to see the sights and to meet the mix of peoples Archbishop Desmond Tutu had christened the Rainbow Nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReturning to a country whose final days of apartheid he had covered, Bell asks what became of that ideal. What he finds is a divided yet beautiful and often surprising land. The title takes its cue from Tutu's phrase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Abacus paperback edition of 2001 follows the Little, Brown first publication of 2000. It is a readable, first-hand portrait of South Africa in the years after the 1994 transition, and a worthwhile addition to a shelf of Africana travel writing. This copy carries the author's personal inscription.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Profile: Gavin Bell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGavin Bell was born and raised in Glasgow, and has returned to live in his native city. He worked as a foreign correspondent, including for Reuters and The Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe won the 1995 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for In Search of Tusitala, a Pacific travel book on the trail of Robert Louis Stevenson. 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