FICTION
Released: May 22, 2012
"Theroux has recaptured the sweep and density of his 1981 masterpiece The Mosquito Coast. That's some achievement. "
A joyful return to Africa turns into a nightmare for the elderly American protagonist of Theroux's extraordinary novel.
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NONFICTION
Released: May 26, 2011
"Alternatively pious and irreverent, this is an uneasy almanac of favorite quotes and advice for the would-be tourist that broadly features travel as a trope for personal enlightenment."
From prolific travel writer and novelist Theroux (
A Dead Hand, 2011, etc.), an eclectic compendium of travel-related trivia, quotes, quips and advice.
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FICTION
Released: Feb. 11, 2010
"A novel of extremes--rationality and obsession, humanitarianism and selfishness, ecstasy and heartlessness."
NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 18, 2008
"Fans of Theroux will say that he hasn't lost his touch; the more critical will say that he breaks no new ground. Either way, worth looking into."
Travel writer and novelist Theroux (
The Elephanta Suite, 2007, etc.) offers an elegiac retracing of roads and railroads taken across the vastness of Eurasia.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 26, 2007
"Whether they realize it or not, Theroux's characters are all seekers, and all of them wind up on paths much different from those they originally imagined."
Three brilliant, loosely concatenated stories, all set in India and all about spiritual quests.
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2005
"Blinding Light fails to dazzle, or even illuminate. "
Theroux's 40th book is the novel writers usually produce early in their careers: a Portrait of the Artist as Unregenerate Egomaniac.
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