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Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux
$34.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
From renowned author Paul Theroux comes the fascinating, atmospheric tale of George Orwell's years in Burma. 'There is a short period in everyone's life when his character is fixed forever.' - George Orwell Before George Orwell was Orwell - the pen name he took on becoming a writer - he was Eric Blair ...Show more
Figures in a Landscape: People and Places by Paul Theroux
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
Drawing together classic Theroux pieces from the past 14 years, this new collection offers a comprehensive and deeply searching portrait of its acclaimed author - a kind of autobiography through work.Figures in a Landscape ranges from profiles of cultural icons (Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Wil ...Show more
On The Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Road Trip by Paul Theroux
$35.00 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Mexico
Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A forty-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension, now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers ...Show more
On the Plain of Snakes - A Mexican Road Trip by Paul Theroux
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
WINNER OF THE EDWARD STANFORD AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO TRAVEL WRITING 2020 The master of contemporary travel writing, Paul Theroux, immerses himself in the beautiful and troubled heart of modern Mexico Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A forty- ...Show more
The Bad Angel Brothers by Paul Theroux
$32.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
A deliciously dark, atmospheric novel about family and brotherhood from one of America's most distinctive writers. There's sibling rivalry and then there's the relationship of brothers Cal and Frank Belanger, which takes fraternal antipathy to a whole new level. Enemies seemingly since childhood, the ...Show more
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train through Asia by Paul Theroux
$22.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
"The Great Railway Bazaar" is Paul Theroux's account of his epic journey by rail through Asia. Filled with evocative names of legendary train routes - the Direct-Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Delhi Mail from Jaipur, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Hikari Super Express to Kyoto and the ...Show more
The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Essentials
The Mosquito Coast - winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize - is a breathtaking novel about fanaticism and a futile search for utopia from bestseller Paul Theroux. Published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies ...Show more
The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean by Paul Theroux
$27.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: very good
At the gateway to the Mediterranean lie the two Pillars of Hercules: Gibraltar and Ceuta, in Morocco. Paul Theroux decided to travel from one to the other - but taking the long way round. His grand tour of the Mediterranean begins in Gibraltar and takes him through Spain, the French Riviera, Italy, Gree ...Show more
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