Hired to Kill, John Marris, Rupert Hart-David, London, 1960, 270 page VG hardback, good jacket, slight fading to spine, maps, Autobiography of early life in NW Frontier, of India, Tibet, Turkestan
Hired to Kill, John Marris, Rupert Hart-David, London, 1960, 270 page VG hardback, good jacket, slight fading to spine, maps, Autobiography of early life in military NW Frontier, of India, Tibet, and the wilds of Chinese Turkestan - a military career until he was pensioned out in 1930 with tuberculosis. Morris joined the Army in 1916 mainly to escape the boredom of a bank job. His book is gives us a candid and often brutally honest picture of the stagnant social circles and ossified structures of the British in 1920s India. It also paints vivid pictures of his adventures, including an attempt on Everest in 1922 which included Mallory. Morris admits to his own failings, confesses to being homosexual at a time when it was far from socially acceptable, and draws us into the worlds that he passes through. $70 Ex libris John Nankervis
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