Hardy novel about one foreign city (6)
I believe the answer is:
riyadh
'foreign city' is the definition.
'Riyadh' can be an answer for 'city' (capital of Saudi Arabia). I am not certain of the 'foreign' bit.
'hardy novel about one' is the wordplay.
'novel' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in a new or novel order).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'hardy' is an anagram of 'ryadh'.
'ryadh' placed around 'i' is 'RIYADH'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for riyadh that I've seen before include "Middle Eastern venue" , "Saudi Arabian capital" , "Middle Eastern capital" , "Arab capital" , "Capital of Saud Arabia" .)