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Paul Theroux biography

Paul Theroux is an author of fiction, short stories and travel writing. His novels include Blinding Light, Hotel Honolulu, My Other Life, Kowloon Tong and The Mosquito Coast. His travel books include Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Dark Star Safari, Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express and The Happy Isles of Oceania.

The Great Railway Bazaar is a travel book by Paul Theroux that was published in 1975. The Mosquito Coast is a novel by Paul Theroux that was published in 1981. Figures in a Landscape: People and Places is a nonfiction collection by Paul Theroux with a release date of 8 May 2018.

Paul Theroux edited The Best American Travel Writing 2014. His later titles include Deep South, published in 2015; Mother Land, published in 2017; On the Plain of Snakes, published in 2019; Under the Wave at Waimea, published in 2021; The Bad Angel Brothers, published in 2022; and Burma Sahib, published in 2024.

Paul Theroux won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020. The Vanishing Point, a short-story collection by Paul Theroux, was published by Penguin on 13 February 2025.