The Family Arsenal - Hardcover

Theroux, Paul

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241893801 ISBN 13: 9780241893807

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 1976

Synopsis

Physical description; [6], 311 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Terrorists - England - London - Fiction. Fiction in English.

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From the Back Cover:

In South London terrorists plot . . .

Hood, a renegade American diplomat, envisions a new urban order in the opium fog of his room. He flirts with terrorists, hoping to win their trust and respect. Mayo, his sometime bedmate, has just made a political statement - stealing a Flemish painting and negotiating publicity over this act with The Times. Murf the bomb-maker leaves his mark in red, scrawling 'Arsenal Rule' across half the city's walls, whilst his sixteen-year-old girlfriend, Brodie, bombs Euston and afterwards worries about her complexion.

A novel of London lowlife and the dispossessed, and a powerful and violent thriller of disenchanted people.

'A pleasure ... with Theroux the thrills are never cheap and obvious' Guardian

'One of the most evocative, intelligently crafted suspense novels in years - like the early fiction of Graham Greene ... London has rarely looked dingier or more sinister ... an assured success' New York Times

'Brilliant and haunting ... the ingenuities of the plot, the London setting ... the trapped and interwoven people, and the balefully witty observation, have an undistracted force' Observer

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About the Author:

Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0241893801
• ISBN 13: 9780241893807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 311