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Book Review of The Black House

The Black House
The Black House
Author: Paul Theroux
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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After ten years in Africa, an anthropologist & his wife return to a remote village in the English countryside. Within the dank walls of their rented house, a mesmerizing, sensual presence invades the small dark rooms and threatens their marriage; while the townsfolk grow ever more hostile. A suspenseful & unnerving study of the irrational & instinctive forces in human nature.