My Secret History

My Secret History
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 663
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ISBN-10 : 9780241950494
ISBN-13 : 024195049X
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Book Synopsis My Secret History by : Paul Theroux

Download or read book My Secret History written by Paul Theroux and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 663 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Nothing on the shelf has quite prepared the reader for My Secret History . . . Parent saunters into the book aged fifteen, shouldering a .22 Mossberg rifle as earlier, more innocent American heroes used to tote a fishing pole. In his pocket is a paperback translation of Dante's Inferno . . . He is a creature of naked and unquenchable ego, greedy for sex, money, experience, another life' Jonathan Raban, Observer


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