Paul Theroux

Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts in 1941 and published his first novel, Waldo, in 1967. His subsequent novels include The Family Arsenal, Picture Palace, The Mosquito Coast, O-Zone, Millroy the Magician, My Secret History, My Other Life, and, most recently, A Dead Hand. His highly acclaimed travel books include Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, Fresh Air Fiend, and Ghost Train to the Eastern Star. He divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian Islands.

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The Tao of Travel Paul Theroux April 2012 Travel Book of the Month. A travel miscellany with Paul Theroux’s best pieces interspersed with his choice of the best travel writing. Travellers' tales new and old – from novice to... Format: Paperback - Released: 05/04/2012 Lovereading Price: £7.49 - Saving £2.50 (25%)

The Tao of Travel Paul Theroux Featured on The Book Show on Sky Arts at the Hay Festival on 28 May 2011. Enumerates 'The Contents of Some Travellers' Bags' and exposes 'Writers Who Wrote About Places They Never Visited'; tracks extreme journeys in 'Travel As An Ordeal'... Format: Hardback - Released: 26/05/2011 Lovereading Price: £12.74 - Saving £4.25 (25%)

Sunrise with Seamonsters Travels and Discoveries 1964-1984 Paul Theroux Sunrise with Sea Monsters is Paul Theroux's immensely entertaining collection of his shorter writings, ranging from sketches to critical essays. Each piece marks a new 'confrontation with the world' and throws new light on the political and social climate of... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011 Lovereading Price: £7.49 - Saving £2.50 (25%)

My Other Life A Novel Paul Theroux The fictional narrator of these memoirs, a man of many different guises, has reconstructed his past, giving it wit and life, tragedy and pathos, and imposed an order on it through careful editing. Life, it seems, has no apparent plot... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/02/2011 Lovereading Price: £7.49 - Saving £2.50 (25%)