World's End and Other Stories
- ISBN-10
- 0671428322
- ISBN-13
- 9780671428327
- Category
- Manners and customs
- Pages
- 222
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981
- Publisher
- New York : Washington Square Press ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks
- Author
- Paul Theroux
Description
World's end -- Zombies -- The imperial icehouse -- Yard sale -- Algebra -- The English adventure -- After the war -- Words are deeds -- White lies -- Clapham Junction -- The odd-job man -- Portrait of a lady -- Volunteer speaker -- The greenest island.
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