Mr. Bones : twenty stories /

"A dark and bitingly humorous collection of short stories from the "brilliantly evocative" (Time) Paul Theroux 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 destro...

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Main Author: Theroux, Paul
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
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