With this vibrant and illuminating travelogue that shows just how much the world has changed in the 30 years since he wrote "The great railway bazaar," Theroux returns to the rails of Eastern...
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Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:Genre: Travel writing -
Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
Theroux's novel unfolds around Jerry Delfont, a travel writer living in Calcutta and suffering from writer's block. But when Jerry receives a letter from a wealthy fan requesting help, he soon...
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Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
"I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it," confesses the author. Take the train with him through Europe and Asia.
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Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
Hoping to get away, a man suffering from writer's block washes up at the rundown Hotel Honolulu, where he becomes the manager after the hotel's boozy owner fires himself. Hawaii is supposed to be...
Genre: Humorous fiction -
Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
Ellis Hock never believed that he would return to Africa. He runs an old-fashioned menswear store in a small town in Massachusetts but still dreams of his Eden, the four years he spent in Malawi...
Genre: Action and adventure fiction -
Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
An acclaimed travel writer and novelist describes his journey across Africa, from Cape Town to Cape Province and into Namibia, riding elephants, meeting Bushmen, and discussing the changes that...
Genre: Travel writing -
Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
At the Hemisphere Institute she was called Mopsy. At the Jasmine Escort Agency, and to most of the men they sent her to, she was Dr. Lauren Slaughter. She found the work similar in many respects;...
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Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
A richly detailed, darkly hilarious novel of a family held together and torn apart by its narcissistic matriarch. To those in her Cape Cod town, Mother is an exemplar of piety, frugality, and hard...
Genre: Domestic fiction -
Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
Internationally acclaimed author Paul Theroux adds Fresh Air Fiend, named a New York Times Notable Book, to his highly praised travel writings. A collection of essays, this intimate and...
Genre: Essays, Travel writing -
Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:A family watches in horror as their patriarch transforms into the singing, wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. A renowned art collector relishes publicly destroying his most valuable...
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Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
Quintessential travel articles and thoughtful essays by the observant, witty and skeptical travel writer and novelist. Part One: 1964-1978 includes: Winter in Africa; Leper Colony; V.S. Naipaul;...
Genre: Travel writing -
Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
Noted travel writer Paul Theroux explores the many and varied lands of Melanesia, Polynesia and Australasia. Paddling around in his own canoe he roams from the cold wet alpine ranges of New...
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Author: Theroux, PaulSummary:
American-born Paul Theroux had lived in England for 11 years when he realized he'd explored dozens of exotic locations without discovering anything about his adopted home. So, with a knapsack on...
Genre: Travel writing