A Dead Hand Paperback by Paul Theroux

Product Details

• Publisher: Emblem Editions (2010-11-02)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 272 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780771085420
• Item Weight: 242.68 grams
• Dimensions: 7.91 x 5.21 x 0.74 cm

Paul Theroux returns to India with a stylish and gripping novel of crime and obsession in Calcutta.

In A Dead Hand, Paul Theroux brings to dramatic life a dark and twisted narrative of obsession and need. When Jerry Delfont, a travel writer with writer’ s block, receives a letter from a captivating and seductive American philanthropist with news of a scandal involving an Indian friend of her son’s, he is sufficiently intrigued to pursue the story. Who is the boy found on the floor of a cheap hotel room, how and why did he die—what is it that pulls Delfont into this story, and will he ever find the truth about what happened?

About the Author

PAUL THEROUX's books include Dark Star Safari, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Elephanta Suite, A Dead Hand, The Tao of Travel, and The Lower River. The Mosquito Coast and Dr Slaughter have both been made into successful films. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.