An edition of The consul's file (1972)

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An edition of The consul's file (1972)

The consul's file

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In this 1978 compilation, Paul Theroux offers twenty stand-alone (and originally serialized) chapters told through the eyes of a young American consul posted to a small Malaysian town in the 1970s. The stories are chronological picking up when the narrator arrives in country and ending with a letter he writes as he departs. --Richard T at Amazon.com.

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Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Pages
209

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Subjects

Fiction, Consuls, Americans, Social life and customs, Fiction in English, Manners and customs, Large type books, Fiction, general

Places

Malaysia, Ayer Hitam

Times

1960s
Edition Availability
Cover of: Consul's File
Consul's File
June 1984, Chivers North Amer
Paperback - Large Print edition
Cover of: The Consul's File
The Consul's File
April 1984, Washington Square Press
Mass Market Paperback - Reprint edition
Cover of: The consul's file
The consul's file
1983, Chivers
in English - Large print ed.
Cover of: The consul's file
The consul's file
1982, Hamish Hamilton
Hardcover in English
Cover of: The consul's file
The consul's file
1978, Penguin
in English
Cover of: The consul's file
The consul's file
1977, Hamilton
in English
Cover of: The consul's file
The consul's file
1977, Houghton Mifflin
in English
Cover of: The Consul's File
The Consul's File
January 1972, Books On Tape
Audio cassette in English

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Table of Contents

The consul's file.
Dependent wife.
White Christmas.
Pretend I'm not here.
Loser wins.
The flower of Malaya.
The autumn dog.
Dengué fever.
The South Malaysia Pineapple Growers' Association.
The butterfly of the Laruts.
The tennis court.
Reggie Woo.
Conspirators.
The Johore murders.
The tiger's suit.
Coconut gatherer.
The last colonial.
Triad.
Diplomatic relations.
Dear William.

Edition Notes

Published in
Boston

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.5/4
Library of Congress
PZ4.T394 Co, PS3570.H4 Co, PS3570.H4.C66 1977

The Physical Object

Pagination
209 p. ;
Number of pages
209

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL4539990M
Internet Archive
consulsfile00ther
ISBN 10
0395253993
LCCN
77006431
OCLC/WorldCat
2929398
LibraryThing
553727
Goodreads
913869

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL37571W

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Work Description

The Consul's File is a collection of short stories by Paul Theroux. All of the stories are set in post independence Malaysia, mostly in the small town of Ayer Hitam in Johor state and are narrated by the resident American Consul. Through his eyes the whole spectrum of life in 1960s Malaysia is brought to life with themes ranging from murder, political intrigue and adultery to ghosts, disappearances and simple character driven tales.

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