''Written with a rare intensity of both intelligence and feeling. . . a superbly realistic evocation of the journeys (both dark and comical) of the human heart'' Salman Rushdie, Observer
In My Secret History, award-winning writer Paul Theroux offers the reader an exciting insight into the double-life of Andre Parent in six compelling snapshots.
''Nothing on the shelf has quite prepared the reader of My Secret History. . . Parent saunters into the book aged fifteen, shouldering a .22 Mossberg rifle as earlier, more innocent American heroes used to tote a fishing pole. In his pocket is a paperback translation of Dante''s Inferno. . . he is a creature of naked and unquenchable ego, greedy for sex, money, experience, another life'' Jonathan Raban, Observer
''Theroux''s best creation, a character who is honest enough to know that he wants it both ways: to be the lover and also the solitary observer who betrays his loves by t
