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Paul Theroux

Born

in Medford, Massachusetts, The United States

April 10, 1941

Website

http://www.paultheroux.com/

Genre

Travel, Nonfiction, Fiction

Influences

V.S. Naipaul, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, Graham Greene ...more

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Paul Edward Theroux is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), a travelogue about a trip he made by train from Great Britain through Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, through South Asia, then South-East Asia, up through East Asia, as far east as Japan, and then back across Russia to his point of origin. Although perhaps best known as a travelogue writer, Theroux has also published numerous works of fiction, some of which were made into feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast.

He is the father of Marcel and Louis Theroux, and the brother of Alexander and Peter. Justin Theroux is his nephew.
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Average rating: 3.83 · 165,435 ratings · 14,298 reviews · 237 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia 3.89 avg rating — 21,405 ratings — published 1975 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town 3.98 avg rating — 15,849 ratings — published 2002 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mosquito Coast 3.81 avg rating — 13,864 ratings — published 1981 — 112 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas 3.93 avg rating — 11,630 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China 4.04 avg rating — 9,532 ratings — published 1988 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghost Train to the Eastern Star 4.06 avg rating — 7,428 ratings — published 2008 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific 4.02 avg rating — 6,659 ratings — published 1992 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads 3.78 avg rating — 5,897 ratings — published 2015 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pillars of Hercules 3.95 avg rating — 5,152 ratings — published 1995 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kingdom by the Sea 3.75 avg rating — 4,780 ratings — published 1983 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Paul Theroux (?)

“Fiction gives us a second chance that life denies us.”
― Paul Theroux

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“Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.”
― Paul Theroux

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“Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.”
― Paul Theroux

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