"Theroux's best novel in years." CHICAGO TRIBUNE MY SECRET HISTORY is Paul Theroux's tour de force. It is the story of Andre Parent, a writer, a world traveler, a lover of every kind of woman he chances to meet in a life as varied as a man can lead. From his days as an altar boy, to his jo
My Secret History
- Book ID
- 108406066
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 71 KB
- Category
- Standards
- ISBN
- 0307790266
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✦ Synopsis
"Theroux's best novel in years."
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
MY SECRET HISTORY is Paul Theroux's tour de force. It is the story of Andre Parent, a writer, a world traveler, a lover of every kind of woman he chances to meet in a life as varied as a man can lead. From his days as an altar boy, to his job as a teenaged lifeguard, and then as a youth caught between the attentions of a beautiful young student and an amorous older woman. And as the boy becomes a man he turns his attention to writing, which brings him fame, and a wife, who may finally bring him to know himself. But not before he sets up his most dangerous secret life, one that any man might envy, but that could cost Andre Parent the delicate balance that makes him who he is....
From the Paperback edition.
✦ Subjects
Современная проза
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