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 ...

You have to hand it to travel writers who take on huge subjects. And traversing Europe, Russia, central Asia, India, southeast Asia and Japan by various modes of transport (mostly rail), then writing ...

We're asking people this summer what's on their nightstand. Author Paul Theroux, probably best known for his travel writing, gives us his summer... What's Travel Writer Paul Theroux Reading? DAVID ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Paul Theroux said his literary goodbye to Africa at a train station in Luanda, Angola, five decades after he first visited the continent as a Peace Corps volunteer. In his new book, ...

NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters Life!) - 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 ...

Travel Why Paul Theroux Loves Cape Cod For 50 years, Paul Theroux’s addictive novels and brutally honest travel narratives have inspired readers to leave home, travel slow and go with a purpose beyond ...

Grouchy armchair travelers, rejoice: Paul Theroux has written another travel book. And he's as cranky as ever. Theroux first wrote about Eurasian rail travel 33 years ago in "The Great Railway Bazaar, ...

Readers discuss a guest essay by Paul Theroux about his experiences as an American expat. Expatriation was nonetheless the making of me: liberated me, humbled me, revealed to me who I was and what I ...

Africa is dear to our heart, which is why we're so proud to have one of our planting partners RIPPLE Africa, operating in Malawi, Africa. This is also why we're so happy to review a special book on a ...

Three decades ago, Paul Theroux boarded a train that would take him on a grand tour across Asia. In some ways, in those days before Blackberries, cell phones and computers, his journey was more ...

Paul Theroux burst upon the literary scene in 1975 with the publication of “The Great Railway Bazaar” that detailed his journey by rail from Victoria Station in London to what was then the British ...