Paul Theroux Audio & Video

Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour....

Forty years ago, Paul Theroux first went to Africa as a teacher in the Malawi bush.

Paul Theroux in conversation with Pico Iyer discussing his book, "Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads," at Live Talks Los Angeles on October 13, 2015.

Quintessential travel articles and thoughtful essays by the observant, witty and skeptical travel writer and novelist....

A final African adventure from the writer whose gimlet eye and effortless prose have brought the world to generations of fans....

Call him Pavel Medved or Paulie or Paul Theroux. It doesn't matter - his memoirs are a hoax. He's...

A writer accepts a job as a manager of a low-rent hotel in Hawaii. He acts as a witness to the hotel's cast of characters, chronicling their stories and ultimately regaining his will to write....

Call him Pavel Medved or Paulie or Paul Theroux. It doesn't matter - his memoirs are a hoax. He's...

Collected here for the first time, Theroux's tales are funny, sardonic, sensuous and evocative, streaked with terror and cruelty....

Ellis Hock, a man whose dreams of world travel and humanitarianism in the Peace Corps were dashed when he returned home to assume control of his family's business....