A collection of the short stories of Paul Bowles, spanning almost half a century of his work and set in various areas of the world. The title story is one of alienation, in which a lonely widower murders a shopkeeper and then finds life in jail preferable to that on the outside.
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This review is from: Thousand Days for Mokhtar B (Abacus Books) (Paperback)
Short-story gems. With perfectly suave urbanity, Bowles writes little Poe-ian tales of utter pathological insanity, from the point of view of the psychoprotagonist. And here's the thing; you are totally WITH this madperson, every step of the way--understanding the slipslide motives, even sympathizing. Only at the very end does the full horror of what's been told actually sink in--and then the effect is HAIR RAISING. Masterful, oh yes, but not for the faint of heart. Best put this one aside if you're feeling low, or it might give you nightmares.
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