Book description
Paul Theroux invites us to join him on one of his most exotic and
tantalizing adventures exploring the coasts and blue lagoons of the
Pacific Islands, and taking up residence to discover the secrets of
these isles.
Theroux is a mesmerizing narrator - brilliant, witty, keenly
perceptive as he floats through Gauguin landscapes, sails in the wake
of Captain Cook and recalls the bewitching tales of Jack London and
Robert Louis Stevenson. Alone in his kayak, paddling to seldom visited
shores, he glides through time and space, discovering a world of
islands, their remarkable people, and in turn, happiness.
'A sharp, fascinating and highly entertaining book . Theroux at his
best' Daily Telegraph.
Paul Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts, in 1941, and
published his first novel,
Waldo
, in 1967. His subsequent novels include
Picture Palace
, winner of the Whitbread Prize for Fiction,
The Mosquito Coast
, and the hugely acclaimed,
Kowloon Tong
. His travel books include
The Great Railway Bazaar
and
The Pillars of Hercules
.
