Mr. Bones, Paul Theroux
Mr. Bones, Paul Theroux
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Mr. Bones
Twenty Stories

Author: Paul Theroux

Narrator: Garrick Hagon, Tim Flavin

Unabridged: 13 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/04/2014

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories


Synopsis

A family watches in horror as their patriarch transforms into the singing, wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. A renowned art collector relishes publicly destroying his most valuable pieces. Two boys stand by helplessly as their father stages an all-consuming war on the raccoons living in the woods around their house. A young artist devotes himself to a wealthy, malicious gossip, knowing that it’s just a matter of time before she turns on him.

In this new collection of short stories, acclaimed author Paul Theroux explores the tenuous leadership of the elite and the surprising revenge of the overlooked. He shows us humanity possessed, consumed by its own desire and compulsion, always with his carefully honed eye for detail and the subtle idiosyncrasies that bring his characters to life. Searing, dark, and sure to unsettle, Mr. Bones is a stunning new display of Paul Theroux’s “fluent, faintly sinister powers of vision and imagination” (John Updike, The New Yorker).

About Paul Theroux

Paul Theroux is the author of many highly acclaimed books. His novels include Burma Sahib, The Bad Angel Brothers, The Lower River, Jungle Lovers, and The Mosquito Coast, and his renowned travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, On the Plain of Snakes, and Dark Star Safari. He lives in Hawaii and on Cape Cod.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jill

The first thing you should know is that many of these stories have already been published in The New Yorker, the Atlantic, and other esteemed magazine. The second thing is that they’re good – deceptively simple, powerful, and in the end, unsettling. Take the eponymous story, Mr. Bones, for example. O......more

Goodreads review by Lori L

Mr. Bones by Paul Theroux is a very highly recommended, wonderfully descriptive collection of twenty short stories. There should be a story that will appeal to almost everyone in these masterfully well written stories, many of which take common-place occurrences and put a twist on them. The collecti......more

Goodreads review by William

Mr. Bones Paul Theroux’s hand is deft and at times brilliant in this collection of stories. I particularly like his brief fiction, that is a page or two. In the volume are one or two stinkers in the twenty stories, but when he is good, oh, my, he is good. Of course he is the finest travel writer we......more