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''A Season in Sinji'' is the second novel by J.L. Carr, published in 1967. The novel is set mostly at fictional RAF Sinji in west Africa during the Second World War and features a bizarre cricket match. Like all of Carr's novels it contains a strong element of personal experience: Carr spent time as an intelligence officer in the Royal Air Force during the war stationed at RAF Bathurst (now called Banjul) in the Gambia in west Africa,〔Rogers, B. (2003). ''The Last Englishman. The life of J.L. Carr''. London: Aurum Press. ISBN 1-85410-838-7〕 and he was a keen cricketer.〔Carr. J.L. (1990). The First Saturday in May. In: ''Fine Glances. A Connoiseur's Cricket Anthology'' ed. Tom Graveney & Mike Seabrook. London: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-671-71025-7〕 In an interview with Vogue magazine in 1986, Carr described this novel as his "best one" and "a novel written with passion".〔Simpson, Helen (1986) The Mysterious J.L. Carr. A twenty-first anniversary portrait. '' Vogue'' May 1986, Vol. 143, No. 2268, pp 84-88〕 The publishers paid an advance of £125.〔Carr, J.L. (1983). A double life in literature. ''The Author'' Vol 44, No 4, pages 102 - 104.〕 The novel is now published by The Quince Tree Press, which was established by Carr in 1966 to publish his illustrated maps and small books.〔Carr, J.L. (1987). ''An inventory and a history of the Quince Tree Press to mark its 21st year and the sale of its 500,000th small book. August 1987.'' Kettering: The Quince Tree Press.〕 ==Publication history== * 1967 Alan Ross Limited * 1976 Quartet Books ISBN 0-7043-1098-8 * 1985 Penguin Books ISBN 0-14-006919-4 * 2003 Quince Tree Press ISBN 1-904016-08-1 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Season in Sinji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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