Publication |
New Delhi, Hamish Hamilton, 2012.
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Description |
238pWhite spine
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Summary/Abstract |
Pico Iyer has been obsessed by one of the great themes of Greene's work:what it means to be an outsider. Wherever he has travelled-usually as an outsider himself--Iyer has found reminders of Greene's life, observed scenes that might have been written by Greene, written stories tha trecall Greene. Yet as Iyer recounts the history of his obsession, another phantom image begins to assert itself, one that Iyer had long banishedfrom his inner life--that of his father. Insightful, tender, superbly written,The Man Within my Head is another masterpiece from one of our grea ttravel writers.
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Standard Number |
9780670086276 Hb.
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