Mortimer of the Maghreb: Stories by Shukman, Henry

Mortimer of the Maghreb: Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781400078516)

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Format: Paperback
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Mortimer of the Maghreb: Stories by Shukman, Henry

Mortimer of the Maghreb: Stories

$15.95
Mortimer of the Maghreb: Stories by Shukman, Henry

Mortimer of the Maghreb: Stories

$15.95
Format: Paperback
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In this psychologically complex and darkly humorous debut collection, awardwinning writer Henry Shukman introduces an unforgettable cast of characters, travelers whose certain paths around the world lead invariably back to the uncertain self.

In "The Garden of God" an aging, ailing war reporter reflects on his adventures covering a little-known conflict in the Sahara and the precipitous and disgraced end of his career; In "Old Providence," a dissolute artist mourns a lost love and the "bloody perfect island" where, through his own callow foolishness, he lost her. In "Darien Dogs" a man goes south to Panama, desperate for a business deal that will restore his finances and sense of mastery, only to find himself on a confounding search for a beautiful, mysterious woman and his stolen wallet. By turns full of suspense, farce and poignance, always alive with energy and atmosphere, these are the stories of a gifted and assured writer.

Author: Henry Shukman
ISBN-10: 1400078512
ISBN-13: 9781400078516
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2007
Pages: 480
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 7.99h x 5.27w x 1.04d
By Henry Shukman
By Henry Shukman
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Henry Shukman has worked as a trombonist, a trawlerman and a travel writer. His fiction has won an Arts Council Award and has been a finalist for the O. Henry Award. His first poetry collection, In Dr. No's Garden, won the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and was a Book of the Year in The Times (London) and The Guardian. He lives in New Mexico.

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