About this title: Dr Slade and his wife are on holiday in Latin America when they meet Grove, a charming and strikingly good-looking young man, and his beautiful mistress. An apparently chance encounter, it opens the door to an atmosphere shivering with nastiness.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date published: 2006-06-01
ISBN-13:9780061137358ISBN:0061137359
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: The Ecco Press
Date published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780880015004ISBN:0880015004
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 5th printing. 223 pgs in fine/like new condition; cover has very slight wear on edges. A masterly writer, capable of evoking mood, character and fullness of emotions with mere strokes of words. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date published: 6/13/2006
ISBN-13:9780061137358ISBN:0061137359
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date published: 6/13/2006
ISBN-13:9780061137358ISBN:0061137359
Description: Fine. 0061137359 NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black line on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: ABACUS
Date published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780349101835ISBN:0349101833
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
"Paul Bowles writes with control and clarity, but in this novel the flatness of his characters and the fuzziness of the plot, which is more or less 'explained' in the final passages, achieve little of note. Perhaps the book is best for its descriptions of the physical world, especially the radical changes one encounters in Latin America when traveling from the tropical coastline to the high sierra. At the novel's core, however, is an insistent focus on a certain kind of predatory, nihilistic central character whose dialogue--imperturbable, agreeable, often insightful--does not match up at all with his boorish, sadistic actions."
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