Mr. Bones: Twenty Stories

By Paul Theroux

“Suave and accomplished . . . [The stories] are unsettling, resistant to tidy denouement and faintly misanthropic.” — Washington Post   “Beneath the deceptive elegance of these stories, land mines...

Mr. Bones: Twenty Stories

By Paul Theroux

“Suave and accomplished . . . [The stories] are unsettling, resistant to tidy denouement and faintly misanthropic.” — Washington Post   “Beneath the deceptive elegance of these stories, land mines...

Fresh-air fiend

By Paul Theroux

"Paul Theroux's first collection of essays and articles devoted entirely to travel writing, Fresh Air Fiend touches down on five continents and floats through most seas in between to deliver a lite...

Sir Vidia's shadow

By Paul Theroux

"One year before he published his first book, Paul Theroux met V.S. Naipaul-Vidia, as he was known. For thirty years both men remained in close touch, even when continents separated them. Sir Vidia...

Murder in Mount Holly

By Paul Theroux

During the time of Lyndon Johnson's presidency, Herbie Gneiss is forced to leave college to get a job. His income from the Kant-Brake toy factory, which manufactures military toys for children, kee...

The shortest day of the year

By Paul Theroux

Koulun Tong

By Paul Theroux, Pol Teru

The humiliation of a colonial Englishman on the eve of China's takeover of Hong Kong. Neville Mallard, a member of the white elite is forced to sell his family's textile factory to a Chinese busine...

G'ek ha-kadosh

By Paul Theroux

Hof muskito

By Paul Theroux

Tik ha-konsul

By Paul Theroux