“You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back”

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About Paul Theroux

American novelist and travel writer

Paul Theroux is an American novelist and travel writer. He is known for books that move between fiction and travel writing, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar. His work has reached beyond the page as well. The Mosquito Coast won the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and some of his fiction has been adapted for film and television, including versions of The Mosquito Coast.

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Books by Paul Theroux

The Great Railway Bazaar

1977

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The Elephanta suite

2007

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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

2007

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A Dead Hand

2010

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The happy isles of Oceania

1999

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