Fresh-air Fiend
Travel Writings, 1985-2000
'Vintage stuff, funny, shrewd and deliciously perceptive. Theroux needs no more than three or four strokes of his pen to complete the most vivid of pictures' The TimesWhether visiting the King of the Lozis at a bend in the Zambezi river or crossing the United States in a railway car of unsurpassable luxury, relating his experiments with biblical dieting, or detailing the illneses and diseases suffered in half a lifetime of travel, Paul Theroux, the fresh-air fiend himself, is always an entertaining and honest guide.Full of startling encounters and memorable scenes, fascinating and sometimes bizarre locations, and enlightening musings on them…
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- ISBN: 978-0-241-95055-5
- EAN: 9780241950555
- Produktnummer: 17605682
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 480 S.
- Masse: H15.2 cm x B19.7 cm x D3.0 cm 336 g
- Gewicht: 336
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. He won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.
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Travel Writings, 1985-2000
Travel Writings, 1985-2000
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