The Sheltering SkyReissuing in Penguin Modern Classics as part of our Paul Bowles relaunch, with a new introduction by Paul Theroux. The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge of an alien space; somewhere where, curiously, they are never alone. Michael Hoffman. Port and Kit Moresbury, a sophisticated American couple, are finding it more than a little difficult to live with each other. Endeavouring to escape this predicament, they set off for North Africa