Stephenson under palm trees

Robert Louis Stevenson enjoys life on the colorful Samoan island until everything turns upside down after rape and crime and the appearance of his alter ego Mr. Baker. With this joyful celebration of Stevenson's life and work, Manguel weaves a magnificent story in which dream and consciousness blend, and repressed desires are embodied, as stories are reality, and narrators merge with their characters. "Enchanting and clever humor" The Independent "Both exciting and disturbing" Observer "Manguel succeeds in revealing to us how a story that appears to be about crime can contain the deepest meanings" Sunday Times