Let It Come Down
A novel from the pen of Paul Bowles, the author of such works as "The Sheltering Sky" and "Up Above the World". Nelson Dyar, a man without aims or values, reaches North Africa after giving up his job as a New York bank clerk and is drawn into the unfamiliar world of Tangier's expatriate community.
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A novel from the pen of Paul Bowles, the author of such works as "The Sheltering Sky" and "Up Above the World". Nelson Dyar, a man without aims or values, reaches North Africa after giving up his job as a New York bank clerk and is drawn into the unfamiliar world of Tangier's expatriate community.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780876854792 (087685479X)
Publish date: January 1st 1981
Publisher: Black Sparrow Press
Pages no: 292
Edition language: English
A story of descent, Western obstinacy unraveling on a foreign landscape.
Not nearly as good as Sheltering Sky - the characters are dull - and the setting inauthentic -- and cynical.
One of the best books ever.