New York: Pantheon Books, 1988. 1st American ed. vi, 482 pages; 24 cm Fine in near fine(+) jacket now in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780394568287, 0394568281
A leading English historian presents a satirical novel in which the poet, gardener, and space traveller, Oi Paz, arrives to take possession of Earth and falls victim to terrestrial bureaucrats and other fumblers
