![]() ![]() Īt the time I enjoyed it simply as an adventure story, but each subsequent reading has revealed new layers of meaning. As soon as I read the opening sentence I was hooked:Ĭigars had burned low, and we were beginning to sample the disillusionment that usually afflicts old school friends who meet again as men and find themselves with less in common than they used to think. It was published in Macmillan’s Cottage Library and I can still remember its nice clear typeface, the feel of its rounded corners, and the slight browning of the pages which added a nostalgic charm. ![]() ![]() I first discovered James Hilton’s Lost Horizon as an adolescent, when I came across a hardback copy in a secondhand bookshop marked at one shilling and ninepence (8p in today’s money). ![]()
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