Bibliograph

Saint Jack, Paul Theroux

Type

Label

Saint Jack, Paul Theroux

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Saint Jack

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Paul Theroux

Summary

Jack Flowers knew he needed to shake things up when he jumped into the Straits of Malacca and hitched a ride to Singapore. Deftly identifying the fastest route to fame along the seedy port, Jack starts hiring girls out to lonely tourists, sailors, bachelors - anyone with some loose change and a wandering eye - soon making enough money to open two pleasure palaces. But just as Jack is finally coming into his own, a shocking tumble toward the brink of death leaves him shaken, desperate to pull himself up to greatness. Depressed and vulnerable, he's quick to do business with Edwin Shuck, a powerful American working to take down an unsuspecting general. Marked with Paul Theroux's trademark biting humor and audacious prose, Saint Jack is a gripping work from an award-winning author

Target audience

adult

Classification