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\"therouxpsweater\"by Boyd Childress <\/em>(2000)<\/p>\n

THEROUX, PAUL [EDWARD] (1941- ). Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts, and received his B.A. from the University of Massachusetts in 1963. Having taught in Malawi, Uganda, and Singapore, he is a prolific novelist and travel writer who divides his time between wintering in England and summering on Cape Cod, a lifestyle that he describes in his essay “Summertime on the Cape,” collected in Sunrise with Seamonsters: Travels and Discoveries 1964-1984 <\/em>(1985). The title piece concludes the collection and takes its name from an impressionist painting by J.M.W. Turner; it recounts Theroux’s island-hopping around Cape Cod in his skiff Goldeneye<\/em>. Theroux followed the publication of his first novel, Waldo,<\/em> in 1967 with twenty more, over a dozen nonfiction books, short story collections, and children’s books. One of his most successful works, The Mosquito Coast<\/em> (1981), was adapted into a film (1986) starring Harrison Ford.<\/p>\n

Theroux’s travel books have at times met with critical reaction. One reviewer commented that Theroux had mastered writing but not traveling. Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey around Great Britain<\/em> (1983) was Theroux’s first travel book and appeared after he had lived in Britain for eleven years. He sailed the entire British coastline and recorded his observations in a largely negative manner, writing that Britons faced the sea as a way of turning their backs on their homeland. Sailing through China <\/em>(1984) chronicled a trip down the Yangtze River with a group of wealthy tourists. Theroux presented a dismal and pessimistic view of China, stating that the Chinese people were oppressed by a life of agriculture and industry. A third travel book, The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific <\/em>(1992), followed Theroux’s divorce and his fear of being diagnosed with cancer. It chronicled the eighteen months that he navigated the Pacific islands in a kayak from New Zealand and Australia to Hawai’i. Considered by some to be Theroux’s best travel book, it is also perhaps his most adventurous.<\/p>\n

Theroux’s journeys transport him by rail and by boat. His chronicles of adventures at sea, on rivers, and around the British Isles establish him as a best-selling travel writer.<\/p>\n

Sunrise with Seamonsters: Travels and Discoveries 1964-1984 <\/em>(1985)<\/p>\n

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The Mosquito Coast<\/em> (1981)<\/p>\n

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Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey around Great Britain<\/em> (1983)<\/p>\n

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Sailing through China <\/em>(1984)<\/p>\n

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The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific <\/em>(1992)<\/p>\n

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