The Family Arsenal (original 1976; edition 1996)

by Paul Theroux (Author)

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Hood, a renegade American diplomat, envisions a new urban order through the opium fog of his room. His sometimes bedmate, Mayo, has stolen a Flemish painting and is negotiating for publicity with The Times. Murf the bomb-maker leaves his mark in red whilst his girlfriend Brodie bombs Euston.

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Title:	The Family Arsenal
Authors:	Paul Theroux (Author)
Info:	Penguin Books (1996), Edition: Reissue, 288 pages
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Una de las mas memorables novelas sobre violencia urbana. Un retrato en Londres de sus barrios de sus mas tenebrosos rincones y de sus pandillas de seres fuera de ley.

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1976

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Hood, a renegade American diplomat, envisions a new urban order through the opium fog of his room. His sometimes bedmate, Mayo, has stolen a Flemish painting and is negotiating for publicity with The Times. Murf the bomb-maker leaves his mark in red whilst his girlfriend Brodie bombs Euston.

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