# Tales from the Torrid Zone

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- Book: [Tales from the Torrid Zone](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexander-frater/tales-from-the-torrid-zone) ([Tales from the Torrid Zone.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexander-frater/tales-from-the-torrid-zone.md))
- Authors: [Alexander Frater](https://www.bookquiver.com/alexander-frater)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0738-826-1
- Pages: 400
- Published: 2008-02-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Alexander Frater was born to a family of Scottish expatriates on the tiny island of Irikiki in the South Seas. Following his dreams of being a writer, Frater left home, but the call of the tropics compelled...