Tampico
Praise for Toby Olson's writing: Nothing can detract from Mr. Olson's ability to conjure gorgeous prose passages that celebrate the healing powers of friendship, the pleasures of love and lovemaking, and the inborn mystery and beauty of things in this world. -New York Times Book Review Toby Olson takes on almost everything that a work of fiction can bear. -Los Angeles Times
Toby Olson is one of America's most important novelists. -Robert Coover
Four old men-John, Gino, Larry, and Frank-have been warehoused at the Manor, a long-eroded home for the forgotten. The men take turns telling stories, stalling death as they relive pivotal parts of their pasts. Outside, the cliff crumbles and a lighthouse slips toward the sea. John, in particular, enthralls the others with his tale of Tampico, Mexico, where he met an Indian woman named Chepa who owned a house at the edge of a mountain wilderness. She was his first love-and his first lesson in the dangers of foreign intrigue. But ...
Author: Olson Toby
Year of publication: 2012
Genre: Modern prose
Number of pages: 296
Reading time: 4 h. 56 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
