{{Short description|1973 novel by Paul Theroux}} {{for|the restaurant in Portland|St. Jack}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox book | name = Saint Jack | title_orig = | translator = | image = SaintJack.jpg | caption = First edition cover (book) designed by Paul Bacon<ref>[http://paulbacon.tumblr.com/ The Covers of Paul Bacon]</ref> | author = Paul Theroux | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | genre = | publisher = Houghton Mifflin | release_date = June 1973 | pages = 247 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} '''''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== {{Main|Saint Jack (film)}} A film adaptation directed by Peter Bogdanovich was released in 1979.
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Category:1973 American novels Category:Novels by Paul Theroux Category:Novels about prostitution Category:Novels set in Singapore Category:American novels adapted into films Category:Works about prostitution in Singapore Category:Books with cover art by Paul Bacon Category:Fictional Singaporean people Category:Works about triad (organized crime)