Sun, Sand, and Snakes
- ISBN-10
- 0002627604
- ISBN-13
- 9780002627603
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- Collins : Harvill Press
- Author
- Stephen Spawls
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