- Paul Micou
Paul Micou (born 1959) is an American
novelist . Born in San Francisco, he grew up in Turkey, Iran, Washington D.C. and Connecticut. After graduating from Harvard in 1981 he moved to Paris, then London. He now lives in France with his wife and two sons. His eighth novel was published in July 2008 by Random House.Paul Micou's first novel "The Music Programme" (
1989 ) is a comic satire on the comfortable lifestyles of overpaid international development workers. Set in a fictionalAfrican country called Timbali, the novel was published to favourable reviews. TheNew York Times called it "an excellent, accomplished example" of satirical fiction and compared his comic talents to those ofEvelyn Waugh andWilliam Boyd . This novel was composed as an opera by UK composerRoxanna Panufnik which premiered in 2000 at thePolish National Opera ,Teatr Wielki, Warsaw .Novels
"The Music Programme" (1989)
"The Cover Artist" (1990)
"The Death of David Debrizzi" (1991)
"Rotten Times" (1992)
"The Last Word" (1993)
"Adam's Wish" (1994)
"The Lepers Bell" (2000)
"Confessions of a Map Dealer" (July 2008)
External Links
Paul Micou's books at [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Books/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3APaul%20Micou&field-author=Paul%20Micou&page=1 Amazon.co.uk]
[http://www.jour.city.ac.uk/books/documents/features/paulmicou.htm Interview with Paul Micou] at www.jour.city.ac.uk
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