Dr. Demarr (Hutchinson novellas) - Hardcover

Theroux, Paul

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9780091736125: Dr. Demarr (Hutchinson novellas)

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ISBN 10: 0091736129 ISBN 13: 9780091736125

Publisher: Hutchinson, 1988

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A short novel about identical twins, George and Gerald, who hate each other from an early age. Unhappily chained together during childhood, adulthood brings release, until George dies and Gerald discovers his double life of fraud and drug abuse. By the author of "Mosquito Coast" and "O.Zone".

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About the Author:

Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1941, and published his first novel, Waldo, in 1967. He wrote his next three novels, Fong and the Indians, Girls at Play and Jungle Lovers, after a five-year stay in Africa. He subsequently taught at the University of Singapore, and during his three years there produced a collection of short stories, Sinning with Annie, and highly praised novel Saint Jack. His other publications include The Black House (1974), a novel; The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (1975), an account of his journey by train from London to Tokyo and back; The Family Arsenal (1976); The Consul's File (1977); Picture Palace (1978; winnner of the Whitread Literary Award); A Christmans Card (1978; The Old Patagonian Express (1979); World's End and Other Stories (1980); London Snow (1980); The Mosquito Coats, which was the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year for 1981 and the joint winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; The London Embassy (1982); The Kingdom by the Sea (1983); Doctor Slaughter (1985); Sunrise with Seamonsters (1985); The Imperial Way (1985); O-Zone (1986); Riding the Iron Rooster (1988); My Secret History (1989) and Chicago Loop (1990). Paul Theroux is married with two children and divides his time between London and Cape Cod.

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