The Collected Stories (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Paul Theroux
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Short fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: Culture, Traveling or travelers, Class conflict, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Authors or writers, Exile or expatriates, England or English people, London, Southeast Asia, Diplomacy or diplomats
Paul Theroux is one of the most prolific contemporary writers, turning out almost a book a year since 1967. Equally known for such masterful novels as Saint Jack (1973), The Black House (1974), and The Mosquito Coast (1982) and such travel books as The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (1975), The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas (1979), and The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around Great Britain (1983), whose popular success helped resurrect the genre, Theroux has also written literary criticism, children’s...
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