My Other Life by Paul Theroux
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

An "novel" by the travel writer Paul Theroux which has a character who scarily resembles an autobiographical Theroux, with liberty & license, no doubt (as he professes in the preface). Ranging across places, times, & experiences in Central Africa, Singapore, England, and Medford & Cape Cod, Theroux's stories take in a myriad of interesting characters with whom he interacts. Including Queen Elizabeth II and her peculiar husband (Duke of Edinburgh, if I'm not mistaken) at a private dinner. Some very engaging & thoughtful writing, often disparagingly so, with some wonderful levity mixed into some heartbreaking relationships & conflicts.


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