Description
A successful Chicago real-estate developer appears to have everything—wealth, a comfortable home, a beautiful wife, and a young son—yet beneath the polished surface, he is consumed by restless desires and a dangerous need to escape himself. When a secret life pursued through personal ads takes a horrifying turn, his carefully constructed identity begins to unravel under the pressure of guilt, obsession, and fear. Set against the shadowed streets and stark contrasts of late-twentieth-century Chicago, this disturbing psychological novel explores alienation, sexuality, power, and the unstable boundaries between self-invention and self-destruction. With vivid urban atmosphere and unflinching intensity, it offers a dark, unsettling character study of a man trapped by his own compulsions.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin
Published Jan 1, 1991
192 pages
ISBN: 9780140131352
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Details
First Published
1849
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Chicago Loop by Paul Theroux.