Paul Theroux is renowned for the
range of his imaginative vision. In this collection
of short novels which includes an early rarity and a
recent, previously unpublished work - we encounter
the full breadth of his fictional world: from a pair
of post-adolescent malcontents hiding from their
future to a vulnerable, aging stripper and single
mom who finds God; from a soulless American lawyer
who forgoes US citizenship for the sake of profit to
a beautiful young academic who works as a researcher
by day and an escort by night; and from a motley
band of makeshift criminals to a set of identical
twins fated to orchestrate their own
self-destruction.
In London and Singapore, Puerto Rico,
Massachusetts and Hawaii, Theroux's characters
struggle with their intermediate, and often cruel
destinies. Compulsively readable, full of tension
and menace and with brilliant plot twists, this
collection spanning the whole of Paul Theroux's
career reaffirms his position as one of our great
storytellers.
List of Included Stories:
Murder in Mount Holly
The Greenest Island
Dr. Slaughter
Dr. DeMarr
Bottom Feeders
The Rat Room |
