The stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro and other stories
Theroux, Paul, 1941-2004
Books, Manuscripts
The narrator of the title story is a young American art student who meets an older countess and her gay travelling companion. Filled with unexpected lust he soon finds himself playing a role in something he doesn't understand. Some forty years later he returns to Taormina to tell his story.
Main title:
The stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro and other stories / Paul Theroux.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2004.
Collation:
270 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hamish Hamilton, 2003.
ISBN:
9780141011127 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.54
Language:
English
BRN:
580155