ROY PLOMLEYS DESERT ISLAND BOOK

 David and Charles 1979.

The desert island dream is deep in the consciousness of our island race. Which of us has not dreamed at some time of that personal paradise where a tropical sun streams down on yellow sands, a sleepy lagoon, palm trees and exotic blooms?

This is Roy Plomley’s personal compilation of the best of desert island literature; it is an entertaining account of the desert island in fact and fiction – from Robinson Crusoe, Treasure Island and other childhood favourites, through the grimmer world of Lord of the Flies, to the gruelling exploits of real-life castaways such as Dr. Alain Bombard and the Robertson Family.

Apart from some extremely minor creasing and one tiny split at the top of the dust jacket, both the book and the dust jacket are in very good condition – an absorbing book for the winter nights to come!