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Paul Edward Theroux was born on April 10, 1941 in Medford, Massachusetts and is an acclaimed travel writer. After attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst he joined the Peace Corps and taught in Malawi from 1963 to 1965. He also taught in Uganda at Makerere University and in Singapore at the University of Singapore. Although Theroux has also written travel books in general and about various modes of transport, his name is synonymous with the literature of train travel. Theroux's 1975 best-seller, The Great Railway Bazaar, takes the reader through Asia, while his second book about train travel, The Old Patagonian Express (1979), describes his trip from Boston to the tip of South America. His third contribution to the railway travel genre, Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China, won the Thomas Cook Prize for best literary travel book in 1989. His literary output also includes novels, books for children, short stories, articles, and poetry. His novels include Picture Palace (1978), which won the Whitbread Award and The Mosquito Coast (1981), which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Theroux is a fellow of both the British Royal Society of Literature and the Royal Geographic Society. His title Lower River made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. Currently his 2015 book, Deep South , is a bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) Paul Theroux is the distinguished author of numerous award-winning books, including "The Mosquito Coast," "Kowloon Tong," & "Half Moon Street." (Publisher Provided) — biography from The Great Railway Bazaar… (more)
The Great Railway Bazaar 2,723 copies, 63 reviews
The Mosquito Coast 2,194 copies, 36 reviews
Riding the Iron Rooster 1,787 copies, 33 reviews
The Pillars of Hercules 1,312 copies, 14 reviews
My Secret History 638 copies, 3 reviews
Hotel Honolulu 609 copies, 14 reviews
O-Zone 558 copies, 4 reviews
Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings (Author) 525 copies, 9 reviews
Kowloon Tong 517 copies, 8 reviews
My Other Life 431 copies, 5 reviews
The Lower River 346 copies, 13 reviews
To the Ends of the Earth 307 copies, 1 review
Millroy the Magician 297 copies, 7 reviews
Chicago Loop 276 copies
Blinding Light 275 copies, 4 reviews
A Dead Hand 268 copies, 15 reviews
The London Embassy 268 copies, 4 reviews
Picture Palace 262 copies, 2 reviews
Saint Jack 258 copies, 6 reviews
The Consul's File 249 copies, 3 reviews
The Best American Travel Writing 2001 (Editor) 232 copies, 1 review
The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro 226 copies, 2 reviews
Patagonia Revisited 201 copies, 6 reviews
Theroux: Collected Stories 186 copies, 1 review
World's End and Other Stories 153 copies, 3 reviews
The Black House 131 copies, 2 reviews
Mother Land 130 copies, 6 reviews
Doctor Slaughter 106 copies, 3 reviews
Mr. Bones: Twenty Stories 104 copies, 3 reviews
Jungle Lovers (Author) 103 copies, 1 review
Down the Yangtze 102 copies, 1 review
Sailing Through China 94 copies, 4 reviews
The Greenest Island 94 copies, 1 review
Girls at Play 87 copies
Under the Wave at Waimea 81 copies, 5 reviews
Fong and the Indians (Author) 80 copies
A Christmas Card 77 copies, 3 reviews
Murder in Mount Holly 55 copies, 1 review
The Mosquito Coast [1986 film] (Original Author) 45 copies, 1 review
Waldo 45 copies
The Bad Angel Brothers: A Novel 42 copies, 4 reviews
Dr. Demarr 33 copies, 1 review
Slow Trains to Simla 29 copies, 1 review
The Cold World 11 copies
Action 3 copies
Grenzeloos 3 copies
El arsenal de la familia 2 copies, 1 review
Camp Echo 1 copy
Vakantieverhalen (Contributor) 1 copy
The Furies 1 copy
VolPension 1 copy
The Widow 1 copy
The Secret Agent (Introduction, some editions) 6,271 copies, 99 reviews
The Sheltering Sky (Introduction, some editions) 4,144 copies, 76 reviews
The Comedians (Introduction, some editions) 2,578 copies, 43 reviews
What Maisie Knew (Editor, some editions) 2,024 copies, 39 reviews
The Worst Journey in the World (Introduction, some editions) 1,805 copies, 53 reviews
Ali and Nino (Afterword, some editions) 902 copies, 45 reviews
The Nigger of the Narcissus (Introduction, some editions) 892 copies, 11 reviews
Cape Cod (Introduction, some editions) 751 copies, 11 reviews
Telling Tales (Contributor) 332 copies, 2 reviews
Granta 84: Over There: How America Sees the World (Contributor) 226 copies, 2 reviews
Bad Trips (Contributor) 225 copies, 6 reviews
The Best American Travel Writing 2008 (Contributor) 208 copies
The Best American Essays 1994 (Contributor) 174 copies
Granta 88: Mothers (Contributor) 162 copies, 2 reviews
Granta 61: The Sea (Contributor) 147 copies
Granta 80: The Group (Contributor) 146 copies, 1 review
Granta 29: New World (Contributor) 145 copies, 1 review
Murder & Other Acts of Literature (Contributor) 144 copies, 2 reviews
Granta 48: Africa (Contributor) 143 copies, 4 reviews
Granta 69: The Assassin (Contributor) 126 copies
Granta 53: News (Contributor) 123 copies, 1 review
Granta 75: Brief Encounters (Contributor) 122 copies, 1 review
Granta 44: The Last Place on Earth (Contributor) 122 copies, 1 review
The Best American Travel Writing 2012 (Contributor) 111 copies, 1 review
Granta 40: The Womanizer (Contributor) 110 copies, 3 reviews
The Norton Book of Travel (Contributor) 108 copies, 1 review
The Best American Travel Writing 2016 (Contributor) 93 copies, 2 reviews
Granta 114: Aliens (Contributor) 91 copies, 1 review
Granta 10: Travel Writing (Contributor) 86 copies
The Oxford Book of Travel Stories (Contributor) 72 copies, 1 review
The Best American Magazine Writing 2007 (Contributor) 60 copies, 1 review
Oxtravels: Meetings with Remarkable Travel Writers (Contributor) 53 copies, 3 reviews
Too Late to Turn Back (Introduction, some editions) 51 copies, 1 review
Anonymous Sex (Contributor) 46 copies, 4 reviews
Realms of Darkness (Contributor) 43 copies, 1 review
The Best American Magazine Writing 2011 (Contributor) 36 copies, 1 review
National Geographic Magazine 1984 v165 #6 June (Contributor) 31 copies, 1 review
Edge (Contributor) 31 copies
National Geographic Magazine 1988 v173 #3 March (Contributor) 24 copies, 1 review
Italie reisverhalen (Contributor) 18 copies
Naar huis (Contributor) 16 copies
Visions of America (Foreword, some editions) 13 copies, 4 reviews
The Playboy Book of Short Stories (Contributor) 11 copies
Op reis met... (Contributor) 5 copies
Best Detective Stories 1980 (Contributor) 3 copies
Bruin's Midnight Reader (Contributor, some editions) 3 copies
Mexico reisverhalen (Contributor) 2 copies

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