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Mr Bones: Twenty Stories

✍ Scribed by Theroux, Paul

Book ID: 108411724
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Tongue: English
Weight: 577 KB
Category: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9780544324022

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✦ Synopsis

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....

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