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World's End and Other Stories shows once more Paul Theroux's dazzling versatility and his marvelous feeling for place. It is a most distinguished collection with a variety of settings and a varied cast of characters. London, Paris, Germany, Africa, provincial Holland, the wilds of Corsica and Puerto Rico. There are as many moods represented, from the good host and careerist in "Algebra" to the haunted heroes and heroines in "Zombies" and "World's End." Most of the people are transplanted or have tried to graft themselves onto a new culture, and they struggle against the odds to maintain their humor, to write, to fall in love or keep their marriages intact. Michael Insole, in "Algebra," wants to cook meals for famous people; Professor Bloodworth, in "The Odd-Job Man," is making a raid, for the purposes of scholarship, on a distinguished poet. In "Words Are Deeds," Sheldrick glimpses a pretty woman in a restaurant and sets out to marry her; Mr. Hand, in "The Imperial Icehouse," wants nothing more than to transport a shipment of ice from one side of a West Indian island to the other. The novella-length "Greenest Island" is the story of two young castaways discovering adulthood and the

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Author

Theroux, Phyllis

Publisher

Pocket

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9780671497620

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Travel

Rating

3.32 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13