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THEROUX**, PAUL: : The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro and Other Stories

LONDON.HAMISH HAMILTON,2003.

ISBN 0241141974.

UK,8vo HB+w/dj,1st edn.FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,matt b/w photographic illustrated dw/dj with white+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present - but some minor indentations to rear panel of dw/dj,with some faint residue through to rear bd.Top+ fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight and clean - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - possibly unread? Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+w/dj,1st edn,3-246pp [paginated] includes 9 chapters to 'The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro','Boyhood Secrets' comprising 3 short stories,the last one of 5 chapters,'An African Story - 9 chapters and 'Dishevelled Nymphs' 2 chapters.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,T.S. Eliot poem extract (from The Wasteland),contents list/table,and individual separator title-pages to other stories/sections,with the last page unpaginated. Want more Paul THEROUX titles? For similar and other available titles - please search my MODERN FIRSTS,MODERN FIRSTS2,CHILDRENS/ILLUSTRATED and BIOGRAPHY catalogues. The compelling and erotic story of a love affair between a young man and an older woman in Taormina,Sicily,in the sixties. He,the narrator,is a twenty-one-year-old American art student travelling the world. She is a countess - apparently cold, haughty and inaccessible.And with her is the doctor Haroun,her gay travelling companion.When he makes their acquaintance at the Palazzo d'Oro,the narrator finds himself filled with unexpected lust and playing a part in something he doesn't quite understand.Finally,aged sixty,he returns to Taormina to tell his story and confront the present. Filled with Theroux's typically effortless but devastating depictions of place,'The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro' is a brilliant portrayal of ageing and decay,and a shocking tale of nostalgia and sensuality in a golden age. Echoing the ambiguities of risk and remembered sexuality,the accompanying tales enlarge upon these themes of age and pursuit - the sexual awakening and rites of passage in an American boyhood,the mirror of a writer in Africa at a moment of crisis,and a man in Hawaii bewitched by dishevelled nymphs.This is a startling and satisfying chronicle of memory and desire. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+w/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

Theroux, Paul : The Stranger at the Palazzo D'Oro: And Other Stories

Houghton Mifflin, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 2004

ISBN 0618265155

Excellent condition, light shelfwear to jacket, otherwise Fine/Fine.. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine

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