The Lower River
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The Lower River
Narrated by:
Jefferson Mays
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Narrated by:
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Jefferson Mays
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Paul Theroux
About this listen
Ellis Hock runs a menswear store in Massachusetts but still dreams of the four years he spent in Malawi. When his wife leaves him, he realises that there is only one place for him to go: back to Malawi, where he can be happy again. Arriving at the dusty village he finds it transformed, but the locals remember him and welcome him back. Is his new life an escape or a trap?
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"A terrific teller of tales and conjuror of exotic locales." ( Sunday Times)
"Theroux’s prose leaps to life like a mosaic splashed with water." ( The Spectator)
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