London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., (1982) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Follow the adventures of Ned Rise, thief and whoremaster, and Mungo Park, explorer, through London's seamy gutters and Scotland's scenic highlands - to their grand meeting in the heart of darkest Africa." The author's blackly-funny first novel (second book.) SIGNED on the title page. 437 pp. ISBN: 0-575030682.