Theroux, Paul Edward
Theroux, Paul Edward ( 1941 – ),travel writer, novelist, and short story writer, born in Medford, Massachusetts, and educated at Medford High School and the University of Massachusetts. He spent some time teaching in Africa, and then, through D. J. Enright , secured an appointment to teach at the University of Singapore. His time there provided inspiration for a collection of stories, Sinning with Annie ( 1972 ), and a novel, Saint Jack ( 1973 ). His first novel Waldo, a surreal comedy, had been published in 1966 . Then came Fong and the Indians ( 1968 ), a satire set in east Africa; Girls at Play ( 1969 ), set in Kenya; and Jungle Lovers ( 1971 ), set in Malawi (the former Nyasaland, where Theroux had served in the Peace Corps). His name was made, however, by a series of vivid travel books, written with all the instincts of a novelist, about epic railway journeys: The...
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