A natural successor to The Consul's File, this book takes the American narrator from Ayer Hitam to a new post in the London Embassy. As he once observed with a cool, amused eye the British and Malays, he can now observe the British and their endless treasure trove of eccentricities on home ground. And the Americans in the embassy are no less curious.
There is the embassy Minister who is obsessed with rage at a male employee who wears an earring, an Arab who has come to London to rob a certain tomb, a woman who cycles all the way to Yorkshire to exact a peculiar revenge, and dozens of others who nurse some secret vagary - and, with each, Theroux produces a surprising illumination.
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"Great stories of a person working for the American embassy in London in the later half of the 20th century." — B (4 out of 5 stars)
"Great stories of a person working for the American embassy in London in the later half of the 20th century."
" Wonderfully enigmatic and each story leaves the reader wondering... "
Paul Theroux is the author of many highly acclaimed novels and travel books. His novels include A Dead Hand and The Mosquito Coast, an international bestseller and the basis of the major motion picture. He lives in Hawaii and on Cape Cod.
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