Dark Diversions
A Traveler's Tale
In Dark Diversions, acclaimed author John Ralston Saul stages a black comedy of international proportions that takes the reader from New York to Paris to Morocco to Haiti. When he's not encountering dictators in Third World hot spots, Saul's unnamed journalist narrator moves in privileged circles on both sides of the Atlantic, insinuating himself into the lives of well-to-do aristocrats. Through his exploits we experience a fascinating world of secret lovers, exiled princesses, death by veganism, and religious heresies. The emotional fireworks of these inhabitants of the First World are sharply juxtaposed with the political infighting of the…
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- ISBN: 978-0-14-318661-8
- EAN: 9780143186618
- Produktnummer: 19609088
- Verlag: Penguin Canada
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'054 KB
Über den Autor
JOHN RALSTON SAUL is Canada's leading public intellectual. Declared a prophet by Time magazine, Saul has received many awards and prizes, including Chile's Pablo Neruda Medal. He is president of PEN International, an organization dedicated to freedom of expression. He has published thirteen works, which have been translated into twenty-two languages in thirty countries, the most recent of which are A Fair Country and Dark Diversions. HisVoltaire's Bastards and A Doubter's Companion will appear in Penguin Modern Classics this fall
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