Summary
An addictive, compelling and racy novel by a writer popular all over the world.
“Nothing on the shelf has quite prepared the reader for My Secret History … Parent saunters into the book aged fifteen, shouldering a .22 Mossberg rifle as earlier, more innocent American heroes used to tote a fishing pole. In his pocket is a paperback translation of Dante’s Inferno … He is a creature of naked and unquenchable ego, greedy for sex, money, experience, another life”
– Jonathan Raban, Observer
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241950494 |
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| ISBN-10: | 024195049X |
| Author: | Paul Theroux |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 13 April 2011 |
| Weight: | 394g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
“Merges the two genres he’s famous for… My secret history is about the permanence of marriage in the face of mistrust and infidelity; it’s about the wisdom of women and the foolishness of men; and it’s about mature love as the necessary and sometimes successful antidote to youthful selfishness.”
– the New York Times Book Review
“Consistently entertaining… Theroux’s hero is a man of ironic intelligence and amusing self-awareness.”
– Time
Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1941. He published his first novel, Waldo, in 1967. His next three novels, Fong and the Indians, Girls at Play, and Jungle Lovers, were written after a five-year stay in Africa. He subsequently taught at the University of Singapore, and during his three years there produced a collection of short stories, Sinning with Annie, and the highly praised novel Saint Jack.
His other publications include:
- The Black House (1974)
- The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (1975)
- The Family Arsenal (1976)
- The Consul’s File (1977)
- Picture Palace (1978) - Winner of the Whitbread Literary Award
- A Christmas Card (1978)
- The Old Patagonian Express (1979)
- World’s End and Other Stories (1980)
- London Snow (1980)
- The Mosquito Coast (1981) - Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and joint winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize
- The London Embassy (1982)
- The Kingdom by the Sea (1983)
- Doctor Slaughter (1985)
- Sunrise with Seamonsters (1985)
- The Imperial Way (1985)
- O-Zone (1986)
- Riding the Iron Rooster (1988)
- My Secret History (1989)
- Chicago Loop (1990)
Paul Theroux is married with two children and divides his time between London and Cape Cod.
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