Playbill

March, 1977

The reports of fiction's death have been greatly exaggerated. We offer in evidence: Paul Theroux. His Set of Two: Loser Wins and The Tennis Court--short and subtle vignettes--is part of a collection of Asian stories, The Consul's File, to be published by Houghton Mifflin in August. The book also includes Theroux's previous Playboy appearance The Autumn Dog, winner of our annual fiction award and chosen for inclusion in Prize Stories 1977: The O. Henry Awards. Theroux, author of recent best selle...