Book description
'Nothing on the shelf has quite prepared the reader for
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
Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts in 1941 and published
his first novel, Waldo
, in 1967. His subsequent novels include The Family Arsenal
, Picture Palace
, The Mosquito Coast
, O-Zone
, Millroy the Magician
, My Secret History
, My Other Life
, and, most recently, A Dead Hand
. His highly acclaimed travel books include Riding the Iron Rooster
, The Great Railway Bazaar
, The Old Patagonian Express
, Fresh Air Fiend
, and Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
. He divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian Islands.
