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''Written with a rare intensity of both intelligence and feeling. . . a superbly realistic evocation of the journeys (both dark and comical) of the human heart'' Salman Rushdie, Observer

In My Secret History, award-winning writer Paul Theroux offers the reader an exciting insight into the double-life of Andre Parent in six compelling snapshots.

''Nothing on the shelf has quite prepared the reader of 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

''Theroux''s best creation, a character who is honest enough to know that he wants it both ways: to be the lover and also the solitary observer who betrays his loves by t

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 2/3/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780241950494, 978-0241950494
      ISBN10: 024195049X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Written with a rare intensity of both intelligence and feeling. . . a superbly realistic evocation of the journeys (both dark and comical) of the human heart'' Salman Rushdie, Observer

      In My Secret History, award-winning writer Paul Theroux offers the reader an exciting insight into the double-life of Andre Parent in six compelling snapshots.

      ''Nothing on the shelf has quite prepared the reader of 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

      ''Theroux''s best creation, a character who is honest enough to know that he wants it both ways: to be the lover and also the solitary observer who betrays his loves by t

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