Noughts and Crosses

by Arthur Quiller-Couch

Book Overview

It was not so much a day as a burning, fiery furnace. The roar of London's traffic reverberated under a sky of coppery blue; the pavements threw out waves of heat, thickened with the reek of restaurants and perfumery shops; and dust became cinders, and the wearing of flesh a weariness. Streams of sweat ran from the bellies of 'bus-horses when they halted. Men went up and down with unbuttoned waistcoats, turned into drinking-bars, and were no sooner...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1546652469
• ISBN13: 9781546652465
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"