Summary
A hypnotic, compelling and brilliant novel - set in terrain no one knows better than Theroux.
Decades ago, Massachusetts salesman Ellis Hock spent four years in Africa - and the continent has never left him. So when his wife walks out and his business goes belly up, Ellis turns back to the one place in which he briefly found happiness.
Yet returning to the village of Malabo shocks him. The school he built is a ruin. The people he remembers are poor, apathetic, hostile. The cou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241957745 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241957745 |
| Author: | Paul Theroux |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 14 June 2013 |
| Weight: | 234g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 20mm |
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Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. He won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.
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