Mainland

by Robert McCrum

Hardcover. First edition, second impression. Negligible edgewear at one or two points on jacket and boards. Spine ends are a little bumped. Page block and page edges are tanned. All text is clear. TS

Hardcover

First published February 18, 1992

About the author

Robert McCrum is an associate editor of the Observer. He was born and educated in Cambridge. For nearly 20 years he was editor-in-chief of the publishers Faber & Faber. He is the co-author of The Story of English (1986), and has written six novels. He was the literary editor of the Observer from 1996 to 2008, and has been a regular contributor to the Guardian since 1990