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"Theroux has become a master of the form, with a deep capacity to engage, enchant and unsettle...in the same way he makes exotic locales worth visiting, Theroux inspires you to wonder what you’re overlooking when encountering friends, neighbors and strangers alike. A versatile, prolific author asserts his pre-eminence in short fiction with an unassuming brilliance that almost makes you think stories will become popular again." --Kirkus, starred review

"Rich in the details of exotic places...all are highly entertaining...This excellent new collection allows readers to sample an array of ­Theroux’s most entertaining fiction in short story form; highly recommended." --Library Journal

Praise for Paul Theroux:

"Over the course of a long and productive career, [Theroux] has set his stories in many and various locations, never losing a travel writer’s eye for the hard, clear, material detail of the world around him." —The New York Times

"Theroux’s energy is infectious, his curiosity omnivorous, his audacity, well, remarkable." —San Francisco Chronicle

"Few writers, even those as or more prolific than Theroux, have managed to create—through the full range of their works—a voice so unified, so unwavering, so unmistakable. The Theroux persona is smart, irreverent, wry, democratic, honest, undeluded, intimate, American but in a good way, wistful, long-suffering but in a brave way, secular, anticlerical but in a mild way, bold." —The New York Review of Books

"Reading Theroux may make you cancel your plane tickets and settle in at home instead for a great read." —Entertainment Weekly

"[Theroux’s] work is distinguished by a splendid eye for detail and the telling gesture; a storyteller’s sense of pacing and gift for granting closure to the most subtle progression of events; and the graceful use of language." —Chicago Tribune

"One of our most original and agile writers." —Minneapolis Star Tribune

"Theroux has become a master of the form, with a deep capacity to engage, enchant and unsettle...in the same way he makes exotic locales worth visiting, Theroux inspires you to wonder what you’re overlooking when encountering friends, neighbors and strangers alike. A versatile, prolific author asserts his pre-eminence in short fiction with an unassuming brilliance that almost makes you think stories will become popular again." --Kirkus, starred review

"Rich in the details of exotic places...all are highly entertaining...This excellent new collection allows readers to sample an array of ­Theroux’s most entertaining fiction in short story form; highly recommended." --Library Journal

"Notes of Theroux’s famed travel writing...The final product is a hefty, remarkably diverse batch of stories colored by Theroux’s prolific taste for exploration." --Publishers Weekly

“Theroux has become a master of the form, with a deep capacity to engage, enchant, and unsettle . . . In the same way he makes exotic locales worth visiting, Theroux inspires you to wonder what you’re overlooking when encountering friends, neighbors, and strangers alike. A versatile, prolific author asserts his preeminence in short fiction with an unassuming brilliance that almost makes you think stories will become popular again.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Rich in the details of exotic places . . . all are highly entertaining . . . This excellent new collection allows readers to sample an array of ­Theroux’s most entertaining fiction in short story form; highly recommended.” — Library Journal

“Notes of Theroux’s famed travel writing . . . The final product is a hefty, remarkably diverse batch of stories colored by Theroux’s prolific taste for exploration.” — Publishers Weekly



"Beneath the deceptive elegance of these stories, land mines lurk, and Theroux detonates them with gusto." --O Magazine

"A Theroux story can be a mesmerizing reading experience. It is hard to put him down when he is on a roll...Enticing...[Theroux's] far-flung adventures and captivating accounts from many of the world’s most intriguing, least understood outposts add depth and richness to the material here.This collection is another feast, and many readers will enjoy a prolonged chew on 'Mr. Bones.'" --Associated Press "Deliciously dark." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune   “Theroux has become a master of the form, with a deep capacity to engage, enchant, and unsettle . . . In the same way he makes exotic locales worth visiting, Theroux inspires you to wonder what you’re overlooking when encountering friends, neighbors, and strangers alike. A versatile, prolific author asserts his preeminence in short fiction with an unassuming brilliance that almost makes you think stories will become popular again.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Rich in the details of exotic places . . . all are highly entertaining . . . This excellent new collection allows readers to sample an array of ­Theroux’s most entertaining fiction in short story form; highly recommended.” — Library Journal

“Notes of Theroux’s famed travel writing . . . The final product is a hefty, remarkably diverse batch of stories colored by Theroux’s prolific taste for exploration.” — Publishers Weekly



"Theroux has become a master of the form, with a deep capacity to engage, enchant and unsettle...in the same way he makes exotic locales worth visiting, Theroux inspires you to wonder what you’re overlooking when encountering friends, neighbors and strangers alike. A versatile, prolific author asserts his pre-eminence in short fiction with an unassuming brilliance that almost makes you think stories will become popular again." --Kirkus, starred review

“Theroux’s work is like no one else’s...A writer sees what he sees, imagines what he imagines. ‘Mr. Bones’ is a series of characteristically dark and sharply focused snapshots from the world that Paul Theroux has observed – and invented.” –Francine Prose, New York Times Book Review

"Beneath the deceptive elegance of these stories, land mines lurk, and Theroux detonates them with gusto." --O Magazine "A Theroux story can be a mesmerizing reading experience. It is hard to put him down when he is on a roll...Enticing...[Theroux's] far-flung adventures and captivating accounts from many of the world’s most intriguing, least understood outposts add depth and richness to the material here.This collection is another feast, and many readers will enjoy a prolonged chew on 'Mr. Bones.'" --Associated Press "Deliciously dark." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune   "A sinister short-story collection from an established master." --Shelf Awareness “Theroux has become a master of the form, with a deep capacity to engage, enchant, and unsettle . . . In the same way he makes exotic locales worth visiting, Theroux inspires you to wonder what you’re overlooking when encountering friends, neighbors, and strangers alike. A versatile, prolific author asserts his preeminence in short fiction with an unassuming brilliance that almost makes you think stories will become popular again.” — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“Rich in the details of exotic places . . . all are highly entertaining . . . This excellent new collection allows readers to sample an array of ­Theroux’s most entertaining fiction in short story form; highly recommended.” — Library Journal

“Notes of Theroux’s famed travel writing . . . The final product is a hefty, remarkably diverse batch of stories colored by Theroux’s prolific taste for exploration.” — Publishers Weekly

Présentation de l'éditeur :
A dark and bitingly humorous collection of short stories from the “brilliantly evocative” (Time) Paul Theroux A family watches in horror as their patriarch transforms into the singing, wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. A renowned art collector relishes publicly destroying his most valuable pieces. Two boys stand by helplessly as their father stages an all-consuming war on the raccoons living in the woods around their house. A young artist devotes himself to a wealthy, malicious gossip, knowing that it’s just a matter of time before she turns on him.

In this new collection of short stories, acclaimed author Paul Theroux explores the tenuous leadership of the elite and the surprising revenge of the overlooked. He shows us humanity possessed, consumed by its own desire and compulsion, always with his carefully honed eye for detail and the subtle idiosyncrasies that bring his characters to life. Searing, dark, and sure to unsettle, Mr. Bones is a stunning new display of Paul Theroux’s “fluent, faintly sinister powers of vision and imagination” (John Updike, The New Yorker).

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  • ÉditeurHamish Hamilton Ltd
  • Date d'édition2014
  • ISBN 10 0241146755
  • ISBN 13 9780241146750
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  • Nombre de pages368
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