Duplicate copy.
Picked up second hand from a local jumbo jumble sale.

From Amazon.com:
"Killing time before starting his civilian life, an Aussie sailor signs on with the crew of an American yacht and promptly falls in love with the owner's gorgeous, young fiance--in a clever romance by a master entertainer. The Second World War has been over for seven years, but big, handsome Bryan Cavanaugh, late of His Majesty's Australian Navy, is still trying to figure out what to do with his life. He's gotten his law degree, but hanging out his shingle in Melbourne holds no appeal. Does he want Europe? The US? To support himself and his dithering, Bryan, a skilled shiphandler, has been bumming around the Med, doing whatever people will hire him to do. American millionaire Declan Molloy hires him to crew his grand new yacht, the Salamandra d'Oro. Molloy's a brooding, two-fisted rich guy who's decided to settle down long enough to marry into one of Europe's most distinguished families, the Farnesi of Italy and the Vatican. His fiance, selected with the help of the Pope's closest advisors, is the astonishingly beautiful, thoroughly spoiled, and shockingly young Giulia Farnesi. The middle-class Cavanaugh finds himself in uncharted waters. Molloy's crew also includes a resourceful Cunard stewardess to relieve his sexual needs (since Giulia must remain a virgin), a couple of male American dancers, a philosophizing cook, and Molloy's lifelong Greco-American chum, who is rather more than chum. In addition to his relationship with the See of Rome, Molloy does business with the CIA--business that lands his dear friend in the hospital and puts young Bryan, badly smitten with Giulia, into the number one spot on the crew. When Molloy flies off to Naples to be with his battered pal, Giulia, Bryan, and Molloy's aristocratic guests have time to get into all sorts of interesting trouble. Very charming. It's an old song, but West sure knows the words and has a great voice."

Reserved for the Surprise Fiction Bookbag.

Took this from the Surprise Bookbag, a bag of books each wrapped up with its first line written on the outside of the wrap. I used to read Morris West about 20 years ago so it will be interesting to read this one, his last book. This copy looks brand new.

A real page turner. If I didn't have so many other books on my TBR pile, I would reread some of Morris West's earlier stuff. West is a great storyteller who gives his characters and settings a lot of substance. This one made me lament love lost!

Posted off to New Zealand to my decoy winner of the Australia/New Zealand sweepstakes.

Just owning up to the last entry which I made without logging in.

Sent to me as the decoy prize in the book sweepstake. Will put in pile to read as I need to read more Aussie books.