| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
x, 660 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
World's end -- Zombies -- The imperial icehouse -- Yard sale -- Algebra -- The English adventure -- After the war -- Words are deeds -- White lies -- Clapham junction -- The odd-job man -- Portrait of a lady -- The prison diary of Jack Faust -- A real Russian ikon -- A political romance -- Sinning with Annie -- A love knot -- What have you done to our Leo? -- Memories of a curfew -- Biographical notes for four American poets -- Hayseed -- A deed without a name -- You make me mad -- Dog days -- A burial at Surabaya -- Polvo -- Low tide -- Jungle bells -- Warm dogs -- The consul's file -- Dependent wife -- White Christmas -- Pretend I'm not here -- Loser wins -- The flower of Malaya -- The autumn dog -- Dengué Fever -- The South Malaysia Pineapple Growers' Association -- The butterfly of the Laruts -- The tennis court -- Reggie Woo -- Conspirators -- The Johore murders -- The tiger's suit -- Coconut gatherer -- The last colonial -- Triad -- Diplomatic relations -- Dear William -- Volunteer speaker -- Reception -- Namesake -- An English unofficial rose -- Children -- Charlie Hogle's earring -- The exile -- Tomb with a view -- The man on the Clapham omnibus -- Sex and its substitutes -- The honorary Siberian -- Gone west -- A little flame -- Fury -- Neighbors -- Fighting talk -- The Winfield wallpaper -- Dancing on the radio -- Memo. |
| Summary |
Sixty stories in an international setting. Several deal with the political and amorous adventures of an American diplomat in the Far East, one set in India looks at another culture's meaning of perversion, two are on poets living in London. |
| Subject |
Short stories.
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01117043
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Short stories.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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| Added Title |
Short stories. Selections
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Theroux, Paul. Short stories. Selections. Collected stories. 1st American ed. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1997 (OCoLC)645843816 |
| ISBN |
0670861278 (alk. paper) |
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9780670861279 (alk. paper) |
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