With the publication of "The Great Railway Bazaar" (Houghton Mifflin, 1975), Paul Theroux established himself as a travel essayist with an unmistakable eye, ear and voice. His gift for drawing people ...

These beautiful journeys in the United Kingdom will take you through mountains, valleys, and fairy-tale villages.

I heartily recommend Paul Theroux’s “Ghost Train to the Eastern Star” to every benighted passenger who has struggled aboard a jammed flight after hours of the delays and cancellations that are the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Author Paul Theroux began globetrotting 50 years ago which led to the publication of his first travelogue "The Great Railway Bazaar" in 1975, considered by many as a classic in ...

"First published in Great Britain by William Heinemann Ltd 1936"--Title page verso. AFA copy Gift from Janet Stanley. Graham Greene set off in 1935 to discover Liberia, a remote and unfamiliar ...

Among the unreal people -- The train from Khayelitsha -- Cape Town: The spirit of the Cape -- The night bus to Windhoek -- Night train from Swakopmund -- The bush track to Tsumkwe -- Ceremony at the ...

We’re woefully resigned to the strange situation whereby if an alien landed, they’d believe that being famous was hereditary, ...