Half Moon Street Two Short Novels Author:Paul Theroux Half Moon Street, the first of these two short novels, stars Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a young, brilliant, beautiful American in London who signs up with an "escort service" to prove to an ugly man she barely knows that she will "do just about anything." — The second novel, Buried Alive, is set in Boston and tells of middle-aged twin brothers: after ... more »a long separation they meet, George suddenly dies and Gerald assumes his identity as a doctor with unforeseen complications.« less