The writing career of Paul Theroux—twenty-some novels, countless short stories, and many books of travel—now spans four decades and shows no signs of slowing down. Theroux’s travel books, beginning with the highly successful Great Railway Bazaar (1975) and featuring most recently a return trip (Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, 2008), add up to a distinctive achievement in (...)
October 12, 2012
Books
Nowhere Man
The Lower RiverPaul TherouxHoughton Mifflin Harcourt, $25, 336 pp.
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