Twain & Stanley Enter Paradise

by Oscar Hijuelos

Book Overview

An "ambitious, fascinating, and richly detailed" work of fiction inspired by the real-life, 37-year friendship between two towering figures of the late nineteenth century--​famed writer and humorist Mark Twain and legendary explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley: "In a class by itself" (Gay Talese).

Hijuelos was fascinated by the Twain-Stanley connection and eventually began researching and writing a novel...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538725258
• ISBN13: 9781538725252
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
• Length: 496 Pages
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.3" x 8.0"