| Description |
xvii, 386 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"An Eamon Dolan book." |
| Contents |
Introduction: Study for figures in a landscape -- My drug tour: searching for ayahuasca -- Thoreau in the wilderness -- Liz in Neverland -- Greeneland -- Hunter in the kingdom of fear -- Conrad at sea -- Simenon's world -- Dr. Sacks, the healer -- Nurse Wolf, the hurter -- Robin Williams: "Who's he when he's at home?" -- Tea with Muriel Spark -- Mrs. Robinson revisited -- Talismans for our dreams -- The rock star's burden -- Living with geese -- Trespassing in Africa -- The seizures in Zimbabwe -- Stanley: the ultimate African explorer -- Paul Bowles: not a tourist -- Maugham: up and down in Asia -- English hours: nothing personal -- Traveling beyond Google -- Hawaii: islands upon islands -- Mockingbird in Monroeville -- Benton's America -- My life as a reader -- The real me: a memory -- Life and the magazine -- Dear old dad: memories of my father -- The trouble with autobiography. |
| Summary |
"A delectable collection of Theroux's recent writing on great places, people, and prose"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Theroux, Paul.
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Theroux, Paul -- Travel.
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Theroux, Paul -- Books and reading.
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Theroux, Paul. (OCoLC)fst00037397
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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TRAVEL -- Essays & Travelogues.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Personal Memoirs.
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays.
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Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Essays.
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Travel writing. (OCoLC)fst01919983
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Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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Travel writing.
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Nonfiction.
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| Added Title |
Essays. Selections
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People and places : essays: 2001-2016 |
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Essays 2001-2016 |
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Paul Theroux essays 2001-2016 |
| Other Form: |
Online version: Theroux, Paul author. Figures in a landscape. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018 9780544866669 (DLC) 2017048160 |
| ISBN |
9780544870307 (hardcover) |
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0544870301 (hardcover) |
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