Hardcover. London, Secker & Warburg, 1st UK, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 415 pages. The adventures through the world of Hamo Langmuir, grower of 'magic' rice, and his god-daughter Alexandra Grant -a novel of sexual intrigue and the search for meaning. Explores the growth of interest in the irrational during the 1960s, and the deep but conflicted relationship between East and West. as if my a