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Up Above the World
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LENGTH6 hrs and 48 mins
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RELEASE DATE02-01-11
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Program TypeAudiobook
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On the terrace of an elaborate hilltop apartment overlooking a Central American capital, four people sit making polite conversation. The American couple - an elderly physician and his young wife - are tourists. Their host, whom they have just met, is a young man of striking good looks and charm. The girl, his mistress, is very young and very beautiful. Sitting there, watching the sunset, the Slades seem to be enjoying the sort of fortunate chance encounter that travelers cherish. But amid the civilities and small talk, the host's casual remark to the American woman proves prophetic: "It's not exactly what you think."
Masterfully - with the poetic control that has always characterized his work - Paul Bowles leads the listener beneath the surface of hospitality and luxury into a tortuous maze of human relationships and shifting moods, until what seems at first a merely casual encounter is seen to be one rooted in viciousness and horror.
©1967 Paul Bowles (P)2011 Audible, Inc.
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"Mysterious all the way through"
What did you love best about Up Above the World?Intrigue in an exotic local always appeals to me if well written with interesting characters This novel fulfills these criteria.
What other book might you compare Up Above the World to and why?Graham Greene might have written a book like this.
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