A Dead Hand
Author | : Paul Theroux |
Publisher | : Emblem Editions |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2010-11-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780771085420 |
ISBN-13 | : 0771085427 |
Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Dead Hand written by Paul Theroux and published by Emblem Editions. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?