Paul Theroux
Itinerant storyteller Paul Theroux is the author of the novel The Mosquito Coast and The Great Railway Bazaar, about his travels across Asia.
This Writer's Byliner Stats
- Stories 54
- Followers 209
- Reads 1046
- Books 7
Byliner Recommends
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The Lesson of My Life
by Paul Theroux + Follow
Condé Nast Traveler | May 2009
In 1963, Paul Theroux joined the Peace Corps, shaping both its future and his view of the world: Cue President Obama's new appeal to public service...
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The Golden Man
by Paul Theroux + Follow
The New Yorker | May 2007
Saparmurat Niyazov’s reign of insanity.
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The Essential Nature of Islands...
by Paul Theroux + Follow
Outside | September 1998
...is to attract (specifically to draw my wandering kayak to the Philippine archipelago). And to beguile (specifically me).
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This Writer's Books
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The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road
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Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown
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The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean
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To the Ends of the Earth
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar
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The Great Railway Bazaar
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The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean