My secret historyThe celebrated author of The Mosquito Coast and Riding the Iron Rooster spins a masterful, comic novel that explores the most intimate passages of a contemporary man's eventful love life--a story that moves through five decades and culminates in the '80s. |
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User Review - AnnB2013 - LibraryThingReading this book made me dislike Paul Theroux, something I eventually got over. I was horrified by how the main character took his wife and, later, girlfriend to all the same places on the same tour. Maybe that's just me. Read full review
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| Title | My secret history |
| Author | Paul Theroux |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0399134247, 9780399134241 |
| Length | 511 pages |
| Subjects | › › Americans Americans - Foreign countries - Fiction Americans/ Foreign countries/ Fiction Fiction / Psychological Psychological fiction Travel / Special Interest / Adventure Travelers Travelers - Fiction Travelers/ Fiction |
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