A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta - Couverture rigide

Theroux, Paul

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0241144639 ISBN 13 : 9780241144633

Editeur : Hamish Hamilton, 2009

Synopsis

When Jerry Delfont, a travel writer with writer's block, receives a letter from an American philanthropist, Mrs Merrill Unger, with news of a scandal involving an Indian friend of her son's, he is sufficiently intrigued to pursue the story. Who is the dead boy found on the floor of a cheap hotel room, how and why did he die - and will this writer, whom Mrs Unger claims to admire, find out what really happened?

Jerry is swiftly captivated by the beautiful, mysterious Mrs Unger, and revived by her Tantric massages, but the circumstances surrounding the dead boy cause him increasingly to doubt the exact nature of her philanthropy. With his trademark clarity of description and observation, Theroux brings to dramatic life a dark and twisted narrative of obsession and need.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Hamish Hamilton
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0241144639
• ISBN 13: 9780241144633
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible