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The Devil Tree

The Devil Tree

The Devil Tree
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The Devil Tree Paperback - 2003

by Kosinski, Jerzy

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A searing novel of a rich young man whose childlike delight in power and status mask a greater need, "The Devil Tree" combines the existential emptiness of Camus's "The Stranger" with the playboys, violence, and murder of "The Talented Mr. Ripley."

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  • Title The Devil Tree
  • Author Kosinski, Jerzy
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Rev Exp
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press
  • Publication date 2003-12
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0802139655.G
  • ISBN 9780802139658 / 0802139655
  • Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.36 x 5.56 x 0.6 in (21.23 x 14.12 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Holiday: Father's Day
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Africa
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2002033860
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 1

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A searing novel from a writer of international stature, The Devil Tree is a tale that combines the existential emptiness of Camus's The Stranger with the universe of international playboys, violence, and murder of Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley. Jonathan Whalen's life has been determined from the start by the immense fortune of his father, a steel tycoon. Whalen's childlike delight in power and status mask a greater need, a desire to feel life intensely, through drugs, violence, sex, and attempts at meaningful connection with other people -- whether lovers or the memory of his dead parents. But the physical is all that feels real to him, and as he embarks on a journey to Africa with his godparents, Whalen's embrace of amoral thrill accelerates toward ultimate fulfillment. Now in a Grove Press paperback, Kosinski's classic, acclaimed as "an impressive novel ... it should confirm Jerzy Kosinki's position as one of our most significant writers" -- Newsweek "Savage ... [Whalen is] a foolproof, timeless American character." -- Mary Ellin Barrett, Cosmopolitan

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