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A chance encounter while holidaying in Central America leads an American couple, the Slades, to befriend the charming, handsome Grove Soto and his young Cuban mistress. But as the Slades'' trip becomes prolonged and they grow increasingly dependent on their new acquaintances, an undercurrent of cruelty begins to disturb the comfort and niceties to which they are accustomed. Up Above the World shows Paul Bowles to be a master of the tension and horror of rising viciousness.

Up Above the World

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A chance encounter while holidaying in Central America leads an American couple, the Slades, to befriend the charming, handsome Grove... Read more

    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 12/3/2009 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780141191386, 978-0141191386
    ISBN10: 0141191384

    Number of Pages: 240

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    A chance encounter while holidaying in Central America leads an American couple, the Slades, to befriend the charming, handsome Grove Soto and his young Cuban mistress. But as the Slades'' trip becomes prolonged and they grow increasingly dependent on their new acquaintances, an undercurrent of cruelty begins to disturb the comfort and niceties to which they are accustomed. Up Above the World shows Paul Bowles to be a master of the tension and horror of rising viciousness.

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