Tom Harris |
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| Author:
| Themerson, Stefan |
| Introduction by:
| Wadley, Nicholas |
| Series title: | Lannan Selection Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56478-371-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Publisher: | Deep Vellum Publishing
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| Imprint: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $13.50 |
Book Description:
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At times in his life, Tom Harris is a dull,schoolboy, an apprentice barber, a delinquent,husband, an old man with a monkey who drinks at,the Green Man Pub, ""il professore Harris"" at the,University of Genoa, and possibly a murderer. But,the question of who the elusive Tom Harris really,is, and what crimes he has really committedobsesses the narrator of this novel. Tom Harris,can perhaps be described as a sort of,philosophical detective story, ingeniously plotted,and wittily told with...
More DescriptionAt times in his life, Tom Harris is a dull,schoolboy, an apprentice barber, a delinquent,husband, an old man with a monkey who drinks at,the Green Man Pub, ""il professore Harris"" at the,University of Genoa, and possibly a murderer. But,the question of who the elusive Tom Harris really,is, and what crimes he has really committedobsesses the narrator of this novel. Tom Harris,can perhaps be described as a sort of,philosophical detective story, ingeniously plotted,and wittily told with a stylistic virtuosity on,par with the works of Raymond Queneau.