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The Drifters (novel)

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The Drifters is a novel by James A. Michener; published by Random House in 1971.

The story, in main, traces the lives and travels of six young people who tour Eurpoe and Africa searching themselves and a meaning for being, in a world which has irrefutably shown them that they have no say or control in much even of their own affairs. On the surface they are runaways who have carved for themselves a world based on illegal drugs, pleasure and maschismo in exotic locales. The author pens an iconic broadcloth in a mosaic which is a document of world history and culture of the period in which it is set and is a manual on bridiging generation-gaps which ever confound the society at large.

Bibliographical information

  • A hardcover edition was published by Random House in 1971 with ISBN 0394462009.
  • A paperback edition was reissued in New York by Fawcett Books in 1986 with ISBN 0449213536


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