books by Paul Theroux

books by Paul Theroux

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Paul Theroux

The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific

Paul Theroux

Mariner Books, 2006

Unapologetically Direct
A terrific read, Theroux has the courage to be politically incorrect in an age where Americans fear speaking the truth of their own experience. As a travel writer myself, I am always astonished when someone is angered because my travel experience does not mirror his ...

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown

Paul Theroux

Mariner Books, 2004

One of his best.
Consider what it is like to live with an exceptionally well-developed appreciation of your own flimsy mortality and insignificant standing in this strange and dangerous place we call the universe. Throw in a morbid and febrile imagination prone to generating 'what is ...

The Last Place on Earth (Modern Library Exploration)

Roland Huntford

Modern Library, 1999

A Ripping Good Yarn
I saw a program on PBS about Amundsen and the Northwest Passage and decided I wanted to know more so I bought this book. Much has already been said and thus doesn't need repeating. If you hold to the hero status of Scott then you are apt to be severely disappointed. ...

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar

Paul Theroux

Houghton Mifflin, 2008

The Return of an Old Friend
I'm a big fan of Paul Theroux. I like both his fiction and his travel books. Having read the Great Railway Bazaar years ago, I reread it to refresh my memory before I read Ghost Train. Paul shows a bit of sentimentality on this trip, but it is not overdone or ...

The Elephanta Suite: Three Novellas

Paul Theroux

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

Innocents abroad
This is my first Paul Theroux experience and even though I can now see how he is as much acclaimed as a travel writer as a straight novelist, reading this book left me with a feeling of great unease and just a bit scared. This trilogy of very loosely connected ...

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

Paul Theroux

Mariner Books, 1979

From Boston to Patagonia by Train
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Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China

Paul Theroux

Mariner Books, 2006

Along for the ride
The book, like a long train trip, gets tiring after a while, but Theroux loves traveling this way. His observations of the people, land and culture are well worth reading.

The Great Railway Bazaar

Paul Theroux

Mariner Books, 2006

A peerless and unforgettable travel narrative
This fabulous account of getting on the train in London and riding trains (including the decrepit Orient Express) through Europe, across Asia as far east as Japan, then looping back to Europe on the Trans-Siberian, is not a bit dated, even though it was first ...

The Elephanta Suite
Paul Theroux

Mariner Books, 2008

This startling, far-reaching book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship, and serenity that mark today's India. Theroux's Westerners risk venturing far beyond the subcontinent's well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A middle-aged couple on vacation veers heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds succor in ...

Pillars of Hercules

Paul Theroux

Ballantine Books, 1996

A gorgeous bit of writing.
I have read five of Paul Theroux's travel books: The Great Railway Bazaar, The Kingdom by the Sea, The Old Patagonian Express, Travel Fiend and now The Pillars of Hercules. I can say without a doubt, that this is my favorite travelogue of his. The book is concise and ...

Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds

Robert Coover, Maureen Gibbon, ...

Chronicle Books, 2007

buy it cheaper
Just as Taschen are releasing a 2nd edition of the massive 'Stanley Kubrik Archives' on October 8, so too are Chronicle Books, releasing a 2nd edition of this huge book of Playboy centrefolds with a $50 retail and $36.50 Amazon pre-order price. - Oct.4 At this moment, ...

Hotel Honolulu: A Novel

Paul Theroux

Mariner Books, 2002

Connecting the Disconnected
I was going to give this novel four stars but, after reading the bad reviews and feeling how badly they've missed what makes this a great Theroux novel, I'm going to go ahead and give it five stars. (My memories of other Theroux works is my sole motivation for taking ...

The Comedians (Penguin Classics)

Graham Greene

Penguin Classics, 2005

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
This is a late review and I won't go over what has already been said about this novel. Papa Doc's reign of terror is now historical fact. But if one reads this tight political thriller and one of Greene's best, you can see history repeating itself in the not too recent ...

Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings

Paul Theroux

Mariner Books, 2001

Excellent travel/writing book
Paul Theroux is one of only a few writers for whom I will immediately buy their new hardcovers based on name only, with great anticipation. This one does not disappoint, and I'd rate it right up there with my favorites of his, "My Other Life" and "Sunrise With ...

The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

Paul Theroux

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1995

A Wondrous Adventure aboard the Orient Express
Note: I made some immature Mormon angry because of my negative reviews of books that attempted to prove the Book of Mormon, and that person has been slamming my reviews almost as fast as they are posted. So, your "helpful" votes are appreciated. Thanks, and note ...