SOLD Taking the piss of travel writers in this sort-of-memoir

 

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Rare book. One of Paul Theroux's finest and funniest books. PB. 456pp. $25 including postage anywhere in Australia. Theroux literally takes the piss of himself and the whole profession of travel writing.

In the Washington Post Book World, Sven Birkerts called this exuberant novel "a complex and gripping work of invention and confession . . . I understood again how the prose of a true writer can bring us to a world beyond." 

The book spans almost thirty years in the life of a fictional "Paul Theroux," who moves through young bachelorhood in Africa, in and out of marriage, affairs, and employment, and between continents. It's a wry, worldly, erotic, and deeply moving account of one man's first half century - "among the strongest things Theroux has ever written" (New York Times Book Review).

Jon Lee Anderson reports from Afghanistan

 

Rare book. PB. Excellent condition. 224pp. $25 including postage anywhere in Australia.

The New Yorker correspondent and author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life shares a series of reports from Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, describing a dangerous world of violence, feudal society, conspiracy, religious fanaticism, hardship, and war.

Lonely Planet's travel anthology

 

Rare book. Excellent condition. PB. 271pp. $25 including postage anywhere in Australia

Lonely Planet believes good travel writing travels beyond facts and maps - there are stories and inspirations to be shared. This title includes stories from popular Lonely Planet anthologies such as 'On The Edge', 'By The Seat Of My Pants', 'The Kindness of Strangers', 'Tales From Nowhere', and others.