2011, ISBN: 0241955149

[EAN: 9780241955147], Neubuch, [PU: Penguin Books UK Okt 2011], SINGAPORE CON ARTISTS EXPAT LIT EXPATRIATES ON THE, SUMMER HOLIDAY READ 1960S GRAHAM GREEN COMEDIANS, GHOST EASTERN STAR LO… Altro …

[EAN: 9780241955147], Neubuch, [PU: Penguin Books UK Okt 2011], SINGAPORE CON ARTISTS EXPAT LIT EXPATRIATES ON THE, SUMMER HOLIDAY READ 1960S GRAHAM GREEN COMEDIANS, GHOST EASTERN STAR LOWER RIVER DARK SAFARI DE, KINGDOM BY THE SEA SUNRISE WITH SEAMONSTERS ELEPHA, FRESH AIR FIEND MILLROY MAGICIAN CONSUL'S FILE, OLD PATAGONIAN EXPRESS SIR VIDIA'S SHADOW SECRET H, PILLARS OF HERCULES MOTHER LAND RIDING IRON RO, GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR LAST TRAIN TO ZONA VERDE DEEP, PLAIN SNAKES, DEEP SOUTH, DEAD HAND, ELEPHANTA SUITE, FILE OTHER LIFE, HISTORY MOSQUITO COAST, ROOSTER, HISTORY, STAR, SEA, UNDER, Neuware - Award-winning writer Paul Theroux explores the darker underside of the community of expatriates in South-East Asia in his compelling and strikingly honest novel Saint Jack. 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 weight heavily on him. So when he agrees to act as blackmailer for the faintly sinister American Edwin Shuck in a plot against a general from Vietnam, he has high, not to mention wild, hopes of triumph.These are the outrageous confessions of an ingenious conman in the seedy and unforgettable world of expatriates amidst imperial ruins.'A witty, subtle, often moving self-portrait of a memorable rogue' Observer'Theroux's prose it rich, his perceptions so many-layered, he involves us in a world that extends well beyond the physical limits of his novel' The TimesAmerican travel writer Paul Theroux is known for the rich descriptions of people and places that is often streaked with his distinctive sense of irony; his novels and collected short stories, My Other Life, The Collected Stories, My Secret History, The Lower River, The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro, A Dead Hand, Millroy the Magician, The Elephanta Suite, The Consul's File, The Family Arsenal, The Mosquito Coast, and his works of non-fiction, including the iconic The Great Railway Bazaar are available from Penguin., Books<

ISBN: 9780241955147

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Penguin Books UK], Neuware - Award-winning writer Paul Theroux explores the darker underside of the community of expatriates in South-East Asia in his compelling a… Altro …

[ED: Taschenbuch], [PU: Penguin Books UK], Neuware - Award-winning writer Paul Theroux explores the darker underside of the community of expatriates in South-East Asia in his compelling and strikingly honest novel Saint Jack. 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 weight heavily on him. So when he agrees to act as blackmailer for the faintly sinister American Edwin Shuck in a plot against a general from Vietnam, he has high, not to mention wild, hopes of triumph.These are the outrageous confessions of an ingenious conman in the seedy and unforgettable world of expatriates amidst imperial ruins.'A witty, subtle, often moving self-portrait of a memorable rogue' Observer'Theroux's prose it rich, his perceptions so many-layered, he involves us in a world that extends well beyond the physical limits of his novel' The TimesAmerican travel writer Paul Theroux is known for the rich descriptions of people and places that is often streaked with his distinctive sense of irony; his novels and collected short stories, My Other Life, The Collected Stories, My Secret History, The Lower River, The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro, A Dead Hand, Millroy the Magician, The Elephanta Suite, The Consul's File, The Family Arsenal, The Mosquito Coast, and his works of non-fiction, including the iconic The Great Railway Bazaar are available from Penguin., DE, [SC: 2.90], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, 198x129x15 mm, 240, [GW: 158g], Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, Kreditkarte, PayPal, Offene Rechnung (Vorkasse vorbehalten), Internationaler Versand<

2011, ISBN: 9780241955147

Award-winning writer Paul Theroux explores the darker underside of the community of expatriates in South-East Asia in his compelling and strikingly honest novel Saint Jack. Jack Flowers, … Altro …

Award-winning writer Paul Theroux explores the darker underside of the community of expatriates in South-East Asia in his compelling and strikingly honest novel Saint Jack. 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 weight heavily on him. So when he agrees to act as blackmailer for the faintly sinister American Edwin Shuck in a plot against a general from Vietnam, he has high, not to mention wild, hopes of triumph.These are the outrageous confessions of an ingenious conman in the seedy and unforgettable world of expatriates amidst imperial ruins.'A witty, subtle, often moving self-portrait of a memorable rogue' Observer'Theroux's prose it rich, his perceptions so many-layered, he involves us in a world that extends well beyond the physical limits of his novel' The TimesAmerican travel writer Paul Theroux is known for the rich descriptions of people and places that is often streaked with his distinctive sense of irony; his novels and collected short stories, My Other Life, The Collected Stories, My Secret History, The Lower River, The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro, A Dead Hand, Millroy the Magician, The Elephanta Suite, The Consul's File, The Family Arsenal, The Mosquito Coast, and his works of non-fiction, including the iconic The Great Railway Bazaar are available from Penguin. Books Paul Theroux|Paperback|Penguin Books Ltd|04/08/2011, Penguin Books Ltd<