A fascinating tale of family and abandonment, Paul Theroux’s Mosquito Coast is worth a read. A Christian review. Continue reading
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Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux (1988)
“By Train Through China” I’ve praised Paul Theroux‘s travel writing in the past (though not his fiction), and this book was in fact the first of his that I ever read. My impressions of Riding the Iron Rooster have long … Continue reading
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux (1975)
The railway was a fictor’s bazaar, in which anyone with the patience could carry away a memory to pore over in privacy. The memories were inconclusive, but an ending, as in the best fiction, was always implied. (70) I maintain … Continue reading
O-Zone by Paul Theroux (1987)
Riding the Iron Rooster by Paul Theroux was one of my favorite Chinese travelogues ever. After reading that book, I instantly loved the guy. Reading the dust-jacket and blurbs on O-Zone got me so excited that I literally saved it for … Continue reading
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