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The Consul's File

By Paul Theroux

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Year
1979
ISBN
014004695X, 9780140046953
Open Library ID
OL17242079M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1336300 bytes)
Edition
New Ed
Pages
281\281
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The Consul records his stint in Ayer Hitam through a sequence of tales in which he is both observer and participant. As his intimacy with the town grows, so does his motley cast of Asians and exiles: the son of a Cantonese cafe owner, dreaming of a Fuibright one day and a movie contract the next; Margaret Harbottle, writer of travelogues and freeloader extraordinary; an American ingenue dubbed "The Flower of Malaysia," who flirts with local mores and gets more than she bargained for.

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