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Up Above the World
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Up Above the World

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A chance encounter while holidaying in Central America leads an American couple, the Slades, to befriend the charming, handsome Grove Soto and his young Cuban mistress. But as the Slades’ trip becomes prolonged and they grow increasingly dependent on their new acquaintances, an undercurrent of cruelty begins to disturb the comfort and niceties to which they are accustomed. Up Above the World shows Paul Bowles to be a master of the tension and horror of rising viciousness.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
3 December 2009
Pages
240
ISBN
9780141191386

A chance encounter while holidaying in Central America leads an American couple, the Slades, to befriend the charming, handsome Grove Soto and his young Cuban mistress. But as the Slades’ trip becomes prolonged and they grow increasingly dependent on their new acquaintances, an undercurrent of cruelty begins to disturb the comfort and niceties to which they are accustomed. Up Above the World shows Paul Bowles to be a master of the tension and horror of rising viciousness.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
3 December 2009
Pages
240
ISBN
9780141191386