num_pages: 441
description: In the Washington Post Book World, Sven Birkerts called this exuberant novel "a complex and gripping work of invention and confession . . . I understood again how the prose of a true writer can bring us to a world beyond." The book spans almost thirty years in the life of a fictional "Paul Theroux," who moves through young bachelorhood in Africa, in and out of marriage, affairs, and employment, and between continents. It's a wry, worldly, erotic, and deeply moving account of one man's first half century - "among the strongest things Theroux has ever written" (New York Times Book Review).
language: English
title: My Other Life: a Novel
titlecomplete: My Other Life: a Novel
genres: Fiction, American, Novels, Travel, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Africa
ratings_count: 1041
publisher: Penguin