Background
McGrath was born in London and grew up near Broadmoor Hospital where his father was Medical Superintendent.
(In a seedy river town on the Gulf of Honduras, Jack Rathb...)
In a seedy river town on the Gulf of Honduras, Jack Rathbone believed he had found a place that would give him and his lover, the accomplished artist Vera Savage, the solitude they would need to create a body of work that would shake the art world to its core. But in a place where time lies thicker than the mangrove swamps that surround it, Jack and Vera discover an emotional frontier more fearsome, untamed, and dangerous than any wilderness.Told through the voice of Jack’s adoring sister, Gin, Port Mungo is the riveting story of this ill-fated couple, one that begins as a bohemian flight-of-fancy before unraveling into a dark, debauched and sinister tale. With Port Mungo, the incomparable Patrick McGrath, author of the acclaimed novels Spider and Asylum, delivers a spellbinding narrative to explore the obsessive pursuit of art and love.
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(Severed hands, dead monkeys, swarming insects, pickled bo...)
Severed hands, dead monkeys, swarming insects, pickled body parts and menacing pygmies proliferate in this collection of short stories. They also feature ancient Southern plantations, isolated manor houses, places where ghosts like to lurk and places where spiritual and physical decay presides.
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McGrath was born in London and grew up near Broadmoor Hospital where his father was Medical Superintendent.
Bachelor with honors, University London, 1971. Student, Simon Fraser University.
He has three siblings: Steve, a harbor manager in California. Judy, a teacher in Italy. And Simon, who works in movies and technology in London.
His fiction is principally characterised by the first person unreliable narrator, and recurring subject matter in his work includes mental illness, repressed homosexuality and adulterous relationships.
(In a seedy river town on the Gulf of Honduras, Jack Rathb...)
(Severed hands, dead monkeys, swarming insects, pickled bo...)
(Book by Patrick McGrath)
(Trade paperback. First printing.)
Married Maria Aitken.