Saint Jack

Saint Jack

First edition cover (book) designed by Paul Bacon[1]
Author	Paul Theroux
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Publication date	June 1973
Pages	247

Saint Jack is a 1973 novel by Paul Theroux that was adapted into a 1979 film of the same name. It tells the life of Jack Flowers, a pimp in Singapore. Feeling hopeless and undervalued, Jack tries to make money by setting up his own bordello, and clashes with Chinese triad members in the process.

Film adaptation[]

A film adaptation directed by Peter Bogdanovich was released in 1979.

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