'And then one day a solitary figure appeared, moving toward them across the lifeless plain from the west.One man on a camel... '
Paul Bowles's unforgettable short stories portray people facing hostile environments and the innate savagery of humanity. These three unbearably tense tales from sun-drenched and brutal climes tell of vengeance, abandonment, violence and cruelty enjoyed and suffered, in a surreal realm of horror.
This book includes The Delicate Prey, A Distant Episode and The Circular Ruins.
- ISBN10 0141195827
- ISBN13 9780141195827
- Publish Date 15 February 2011 (first published 1 February 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 4 December 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Imprint Penguin Classics
- Format Paperback
- Pages 64
- Language English