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Informationen zum Autor Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar , The Old Patagonian Express , My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast . He won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands. Klappentext There's sibling rivalry and then there's the relationship of brothers Cal and Frank. Enemies since childhood, the small town of Littleford just isn't big enough to hold them both. When Cal returns home, Frank gives him the opposite of a brotherly welcome, leading to a series of betrayals and reprisals culminating in the ultimate plan: murder. Zusammenfassung A deliciously dark, atmospheric novel about family and brotherhood from one of America's most distinctive writers There's sibling rivalry and then there's the relationship of brothers Cal and Frank Belanger. Enemies since childhood, the small town of Littleford just isn't big enough to hold them both. So, Cal strikes out for the world's wild places - a gifted geologist in search of gold and other precious minerals - leaving Frank to develop a successful career as the town's lawyer, fixer and local hero. But when Cal, newly rich and newlywed, returns to the town of his birth, Frank gives him the opposite of a brotherly welcome, leading to a series of betrayals and reprisals culminating in the ultimate plan: murder. A riveting tale of adventure, betrayal and the true cost of family bonds, The Bad Angel Brothers is a remarkable novel from one of American's most distinctive writers. 'Laden with jealousy, betrayal and a mythic lust for vengeance' The New York Times 'One of the most accomplished and worldly-wise writers of his generation' The Times
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A manic tale of sibling rivalry that owes its small town setting mostly to John Cheever, and its seething resentment mostly to William Shakespeare . . . at once maundering and intensely emotionally violent Observer
