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Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta
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Paul Theroux
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart Ltd
Publication date
November 3, 2009
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780771085376
ISBN-10
0771085370
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$29.99
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Paul Theroux returns to India with a stylish and gripping novel of crime and obsession in Calcutta.
In A Dead Hand, Paul Theroux brings to dramatic life a dark and twisted narrative of obsession and need. When Jerry Delfont, a travel writer with writer’s block, receives a letter from a captivating and seductive American philanthropist with news of a scandal involving an Indian friend of her son’s, he is sufficiently intrigued to pursue the story. Who is the boy found on the floor of a cheap hotel room, how and why did he die — what is it that pulls Delfont into this story, and will he ever find the truth about what happened?
In A Dead Hand, Paul Theroux brings to dramatic life a dark and twisted narrative of obsession and need. When Jerry Delfont, a travel writer with writer’s block, receives a letter from a captivating and seductive American philanthropist with news of a scandal involving an Indian friend of her son’s, he is sufficiently intrigued to pursue the story. Who is the boy found on the floor of a cheap hotel room, how and why did he die — what is it that pulls Delfont into this story, and will he ever find the truth about what happened?
Editions
Hardcover
from Houghton Mifflin (February 11, 2010)
9780547260242 | details & prices | 279 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $26.00
from Gardners Books (November 5, 2009)
9780241144633 | details & prices | 272 pages | List price $31.25
The price comparison is for this edition
from McClelland & Stewart Ltd (November 3, 2009); titled "Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta"
9780771085376 | details & prices | List price $29.99
About: Paul Theroux returns to India with a stylish and gripping novel of crime and obsession in Calcutta.
About: Paul Theroux returns to India with a stylish and gripping novel of crime and obsession in Calcutta.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Mariner Books (January 13, 2011)
9780547394497 | details & prices | 279 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $14.95
Miscellaneous
from Houghton Mifflin (January 13, 2011)
9780547488714 | details & prices | List price $26.00
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