Blinding Light by Paul Theroux

Blinding Light by Paul TherouxFrom the New York Times best selling author Paul Theroux, Blinding Light is a slyly satirical novel of manners and mind expansion. Slade Steadman, a writer who has lost his chops, sets out for the Ecuadorian jungle with his ex girlfriend in search of inspiration and a rare hallucinogen. The drug, once found, heightens both his powers of perception and his libido, but it also leaves him with an unfortunate side effect: periodic blindness. Unable to

"The eighty-one sayings in this volume shine like gems-cut clear and beautiful in every facet

With pertinent and intelligent examples

their numbers ever shrinking

with each one identified and brought to vivid life for the benefit of the reader

She has only one function: to breed

As she walks the unfamiliar

predatory pricing

My Brilliant Friend is a rich

and in desperation he marries her sister Rosaura so that he can stay close to her

it’s been nearly impossible for them to have a wedding

hypochondriac

Fifty years later