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Mr. Bones, twenty stories, Paul Theroux

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Mr. Bones, twenty stories, Paul Theroux
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Mr. Bones
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Oclc number
881665535
Responsibility statement
Paul Theroux
Sub title
twenty stories
Summary
A family watches in horror as their patriarch transforms into the singing, wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. A renowned art collector publicly destroys his most valuable pieces. Two boys stand by helplessly as their father stages a war on the raccoons living in the woods around their house. In a collection of short stories, the author explores the leadership of the elite and the revenge of the overlooked. He shows humanity possessed, consumed by its own desire and compulsion
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