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The Lower River by Paul Theroux
50.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
A dream of Eden in Africa lies in ruins...Ellis Hock never believed he would ever return to Africa - to his isolated village where he was happiest. He runs an old-fashioned menswear store in a small town in Massachusetts but still dreams of his eden in Africa, the four years he spent in Malawi with the ...Show more
The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux
28.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
This riveting tale from critically acclaimed author Paul Theroux inspired a powerful motion picture and is considered a modern masterpiece. Allie Fox is a brilliant inventor. He's also a deeply paranoid man who is disenchanted with American materialism and conformity. Abandoning his old life, he believe ...Show more
The Pillars of Hercules: A Grand Tour of the Mediterranean by Paul Theroux
28.00 NZD
29.00 (3% off)
Category: Non-Fiction | 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
The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro by Paul Theroux
26.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
A young American walks into Sicily's Palazzo d'Oro during the '60s. Penniless, but swaggering with youth and burgeoning artistic talent, he accepts a proposition to become the companion to a beautiful and beguiling aristocrat. Their affair - formal and restrained by day, torrid and passionate by night - ...Show more
The Tao of Travel by Paul Theroux
47.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: good
Paul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe by collecting the best writing on travel from the books that shaped him, as a reader and a traveller. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part reminiscence, "The Tao of Travel" enumerates 'The Contents of Some Travellers' Bags' and expose ...Show more