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On the terrace of an eloborate hilltop apartment overlooking a Central American capital, four people sit making polite conversation. The American couple -- an elderly physician and his young wife -- are tourists. Their host, whom they have just met, is a young man of striking good looks and charm. The girl, who is his mistress, is very young and very beautiful. Sitting there, with drinks in their hands, watching the sunset, the Slades seem to be experiencing the sort of fortunate chance encounter that travelers cherish. But amidst the civilities and small talk, one remark proves prophetic. The host says to the American woman: "It's not exactly what you think." Masterfully -- with the poetic control that has always characterized his work -- Paul Bowles leads the reader beneath the surface of hospitality and luxury into a tortuous maze of human relationships and shifting moods, until what seems at first a merely casual encounter is seen to be one rooted in viciousness and horror.
 
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Hardback Editions

April 1991 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0880013028Title: Up Above the World
Author(s): Paul Bowles
ISBN: 0-88001-302-8 / 978-0-88001-302-4 (USA edition)
Publisher: HarperCollins Canada / Ecco Press
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January 1967 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0720693810Title: Up Above the World
Author(s): Paul Bowles
ISBN: 0-7206-9381-0 / 978-0-7206-9381-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd
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1966 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000MZCBRSTitle: UP ABOVE The WORLD. A Novel.
Author(s): Paul. Bowles
Publisher: Simon & Schuster,
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Paperback Editions

June 2006 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0061137359Title: Up Above the World: A Novel
Author(s): Paul Bowles
ISBN: 0-06-113735-9 / 978-0-06-113735-8 (USA edition)
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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March 2000 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0720610877Title: Up Above the World (Peter Owen Modern Classic)
Author(s): Paul Bowles
ISBN: 0-7206-1087-7 / 978-0-7206-1087-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Peter Owen Ltd
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February 1996 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0880015004Title: Up Above the World
Author(s): Paul Bowles
ISBN: 0-88001-500-4 / 978-0-88001-500-4 (USA edition)
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1992 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000I92HJUTitle: Up Above The World
Author(s): Paul Bowles
Publisher: Ecco Press
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May 1991 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0349101833Title: Up Above the World (Abacus Books)
Author(s): Paul Bowles
ISBN: 0-349-10183-3 / 978-0-349-10183-5 (UK edition)
Publisher: Abacus
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May 1991 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0880010088Title: Up Above the World
Author(s): Paul Bowles
ISBN: 0-88001-008-8 / 978-0-88001-008-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Ecco
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1988 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000WTERGMTitle: Up above the World
Author(s): Paul Bowles
Publisher: W.W. NORTON
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August 1984 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 009933920XTitle: Up Above the World (Arena Books)
Author(s): Paul Bowles
ISBN: 0-09-933920-X / 978-0-09-933920-5 (UK edition)
Publisher: Arena Arrow
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June 1970 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0140031170Title: Up Above the World
Author(s): Paul Bowles
ISBN: 0-14-003117-0 / 978-0-14-003117-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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1968 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: B000RJ3WGSTitle: Up Above the World
Author(s): Bowles Paul
Publisher: Pocket Books
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1968 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B0006F45LYTitle: Up Above the World
Author(s): Paul Bowles
Publisher: Pocket Books
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1967 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B0000CNB7TTitle: Up above the world: A novel
Author(s): Paul Bowles
Publisher: Owen
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1967 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: B000WHAQYQTitle: Up above the world
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