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A Dead Hand: A Crime in Calcutta by Paul Theroux
30.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Award-winning writer Paul Theroux takes you on a journey through the streets of Calcutta where all is not as it seems and a smiling face could be harbouring a dark secret in the thrilling novel "A Dead Hand: a Crime in Calcutta". Jerry Delfont is a travel writer with writer's block. Lounging in Calcutta ...Show more
Blinding Light by Paul Theroux
35.00 NZD
37.95 (7% off)
Category: Fiction
Slade Steadman has written one of the most famous travel books ever. But he has been unable to write anything else for thirty years. A journey downriver in a remote eastern province of Ecuador among the Secoya Indians gives him the experience he has been seeking - and a miracle drug. He returns to the U ...Show more
Blinding Light: A Novel by Paul Theroux
28.00 NZD
Category: General Fiction
Slade Steadman is the author of a world-famous travel book, but has struggled to match its success for the past thirty years. A journey downriver in a remote eastern province of Ecuador gives him the experience he has been seeking and a miracle drug, which induces temporary blindness. On his return to t ...Show more
Burma Sahib by Paul Theroux
36.99 NZD
Category: Contemporary 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
Dark Star Safari - Overland From Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux
34.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
'Safari' in Swahili means a journey, typically a long one. In Dark Star Safari, Theroux's itinerary is African, from Cairo to Cape Town - down the Nile, through Sadan and Ethiopia, to Kenya, Uganda and beyond to South Africa. Journeying by train, boat and cattle truck, he passes through some of the most ...Show more
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux
29.95 NZD
31.00 (3% off)
Category: Fiction | Reading Level: very good
In this title, Paul Theroux sets off for Cape Town from Cairo - the hard way. Travelling across bush and desert, down rivers and across lakes, and through country after country, he visits some of the most beautiful and dangerous landscapes on earth. It is a journey of discovery and of rediscovery - of t ...Show more
Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux
30.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing
This is Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller. Acclaimed and beloved travel writer Paul Theroux turns his attention to his own country - America - for the first time in Deep South. For the past fifty years, Paul Theroux has travelled to the far corners of the earth - to China, India, Africa, the Pacific Islan ...Show more
Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads by Paul Theroux
55.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: very good
For the past fifty years, Paul Theroux has travelled to the far corners of the earth - to China, India, Africa, the Pacific Islands, South America, Russia, and elsewhere - and brought them to life in his cool, exacting prose. In Deep South he turns his gaze to a region much closer to his home. Travellin ...Show more
Fresh-Air Fiend - Travel Writings 1985-2000 by Paul Theroux
26.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Reading Level: very good
A collection of the author's short travel writing from 1985 through 2000. From Hong Kong to Honolulu, through China and the USA, it throws light on both familiar territories and unknown corners of the earth.
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star : On the tracks of The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
37.00 NZD
Category: Travel Writing | Reading Level: very good
In Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Paul Theroux retraces the steps he took thirty years ago in the best-selling and hugely acclaimed The Great Railway Bazaar. From the Eurostar in London, he once again sets out on a journey to the East, travelling overland through Eastern Europe, India and Asia. Infuse ...Show more
Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux
26.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
Having taken over the management of a hotel in Honolulu, a former writer is drawn into the lives of his guests and the customs and rhythms of the island. Paperback (B-Format)
Mr Bones and Other Stories by Paul Theroux
37.00 NZD
Category: Short Stories
A family watches, horrified, as their patriarch transforms into the wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. An art collector gleefully destroys his most valuable pieces. A young artist devotes himself to a wealthy, malicious gossip, knowing that it's just a matter of time before she turns on h ...Show more