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A deliciously dark, atmospheric novel about family and brotherhood from one of Americas most distinctive writers
Theres sibling rivalry and then theres the relationship of brothers Cal and Frank Belanger, which takes fraternal antipathy to a whole new level.
Enemies seemingly since childhood, the small town of Littleford, where they are nicknamed The Bad Angle Brothers, just isnt big enough to hold them both. So Cal strikes out for the worlds wild places -- a gifted geologist in search of gold and other precious minerals, leaving Frank to develop a successful career as the towns lawyer, fixer and local hero.
Apart, their differences are muted by distance, but when Cal, newly rich and newly wed, returns to the town of his birth, to buy a house and raise a family, Frank gives him the opposite of a brotherly welcome. From undermining Cals marriage, while Cal is away on business, to torpedoing his finances, nothing is off the table, setting the scene for a tale of gleefully vicious betrayals and reprisals, culminating in the ultimate plan: murder.
Few authors have as keen an eye for human nature as the inimitable Paul Theroux, and this riveting tale of adventure, betrayal, and the true cost of family bonds is a remarkable new work fro
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Escrito por Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux (Medford, Massachusetts, 1941) es uno de los escritores más reconocidos del mundo. El gran bazar del ferrocarril (Alfaguara, 2018) lo catapultó a la fama en 1976 y constituye un clásico de la literatura de viajes. En su prolífica obra destacan títulos como Tren fantasma a la Estrella de Oriente (Alfaguara, 2010), El Tao del viajero (Alfaguara, 2012) y El último tren a la zona verde (Alfaguara, 2015), o novelas como La costa de los mosquitos (adaptada al cine por Peter Weir y por la que recibió en 1981 el James Tait Black Memorial Prize), La calle de la media luna, Hotel Honolulu, Elefanta Suite (Alfaguara, 2008), Un crimen en Calcuta (Alfaguara, 2011) y En Lower River (Alfaguara, 2014). Tras la muerte de su madre pudo dar por terminada Madre patria, su desgarradora novela autobiográfica en la que llevaba años trabajando.
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