Condell
James Turner

Cassell, London, 1961, 1st Edition. Hardback

Cover art by Cameron Poulter.

A fine copy in fine dust jacket. Not price clipped. No Inscriptions. Pink boards with gold lettering on spine. A Nice tight copy - scarce in hardback.

"Condell awoke to find himself on a strange beach. With no recollection of who he was or how he came to be there, he lay in the sun & surveyed the emptiness which was broken only by the small green boat that must have brought him."
Weird thriller set on isolated island where natives still practice ancient rites and possess paranormal abilities (prevision, miraculous healing, etc.) and plan to sacrifice ship wrecked sailor to their Peacock god.