Paul Theroux Audio & Video

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.

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

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

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

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

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....

Jilly Farina is 14. Her father is drunk on the day of the Barnstable County Fair, so she goes by herself, and that night her life is transformed....

Theroux's A Dead Hand unfolds around Jerry Delfont, a travel writer living in Calcutta and suffering from writer's block.....

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....

American-born Paul Theroux had lived in England for 11 years when he realized he'd explored dozens of exotic locations without discovering anything about his adopted home....