Summary
‘A witty, subtle, often moving self-portrait of a memorable rogue’ - Observer
Jack Flowers, saint or sinner, caught a passing bumboat into Singapore and got a job as a water-clerk to a Chinese ship chandler. Now, on the side, he offers girls (indeed ‘anything, anything at all’) to tourists, sailors, residents and expatriates, but he is haunted by his lack of worldly success and his fifty-three years weigh heavily on him. So when he agrees to act as blackmailer for the faintly sinister…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241955147 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241955149 |
| Author: | Paul Theroux |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2011 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1941.
His first novel, Waldo, was published in 1967. Following a five-year stay in Africa, he wrote the novels Fong and the Indians, Girls at Play, and Jungle Lovers. He then taught at the University of Singapore for three years, during which time he produced the short story collection Sinning with Annie and the novel Saint Jack.
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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