{"product_id":"collected-stories-16","title":"Collected Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of award-winning writer Paul Theroux''s short stories, each of which brimming with astute observations and sharp wit that will captivate readers the world over.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''[Theroux] makes and remakes his own world...the smell, sound, sight of his scenes is always strong, even pungent; and, even more, his dialogue is powerfully but also effortlessly accurate'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Theroux willingly explores the blighted territory of a failing marriage; the tangled jungle of a mad poet''s secret anti-Semitism; the belated sexual guilt of a Hindu. . . a book of many and varied pleasures; to read it is to feel alert, curious, adventurous'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Paul Theroux''s writing is impeccable and thoughtfully entertaining. . . his artistry is individual, serene, yet also grainy with fierce truths'' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One needs energy to keep up with the extraordinary, productive restlessness of Paul Theroux. . . [He is] the most gifted, most prodigal writer of his generation'' Jonathan Raban\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''You close the book feeling you have read a single big narrative rather than a series of short ones. . . As a short-story writer, he makes a terrific novelist'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican travel writer Paul Theroux is known for the rich descriptions of people and places that is often streaked with his distinctive sense of irony; his novels and collected short stories, \u003ci\u003eMy Other Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Secret History\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lower River\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger at the Palazzo d''Oro\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e A Dead Hand\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMillroy the Magician\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Elephanta Suite\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSaint Jack\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Consul''s File\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Family Arsenal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mosquito Coast\u003c\/i\u003e, and his works of non-fiction, including the iconic \u003ci\u003eThe Great Railway Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e are available from Penguin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57512577433982,"sku":"NW9780241950524","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241950524.jpg?v=1780610489","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/collected-stories-16","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}