Theroux, Paul

The Mosquito Coast : a novel by Paul Theroux ( Book )
125 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in 9 languages and held by 3,924 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Allie Fox, the brilliant and paranoid inventor takes his family to live in the Honduran jungle, determined to build a civilization better than the one they left. Fleeing from an America he sees as mired in materialism and conformity, he hopes to rediscover a purer life. His utopian experiment takes a dark turn when his obsessions lead his family towards unimaginable danger

My secret history by Paul Theroux ( Book )
30 editions published between 1989 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 2,166 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The secret life of an American writer, Andre Parent, describing his dreams, his privacies, and everything he keeps hidden

Kowloon Tong by Paul Theroux ( Book )
26 editions published between 1997 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 2,090 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The humiliation of a colonial Englishman on the eve of China's takeover of Hong Kong. Neville Mallard, a member of the white elite is forced to sell his family's textile factory to a Chinese businessman. It is a blow to his wallet, but even more to his confidence, the end of a century of white arrogance

The family arsenal by Paul Theroux ( Book )
21 editions published between 1976 and 2010 in English and held by 2,064 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A former American consul joins the disparate members of a group of London terrorists in their murderous activities throughout the city

The Pillars of Hercules : a grand tour of the Mediterranean by Paul Theroux ( Book )
22 editions published between 1995 and 1996 in English and held by 1,949 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this modern Grand Tour, Theroux sets off from Gibraltar on a journey around the Mediterranean Sea. It is a long, lively, and occasionally dangerous trip, up the coast of Spain, along the Riviera, by ferry to the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and beyond. By foot, train, bus, and cruise ship, Theroux travels around Italy and the Greek islands, to Albania in a state of near anarchy and to war-torn Croatia. He sails into Istanbul, its minarets and mosque domes beckoning him to the Levant. Ahead are Damascus and the villages of Syria, shrouded in the cult of Assad; Israel, besieged by suicide bombers; Egypt, Morocco and Paul Bowles' Tangier. Exploring wild coastlines, probing through layers of tradition and culture, ancient and modern, tawdry and splendid, Theroux weaves the legends and siren calls of civilizations as old as time into a story about life on the Mediterranean today

Hotel Honolulu by Paul Theroux ( Book )
26 editions published between 2001 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 1,935 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Welcome to the Hotel Honolulu, a down-at-the-heels tourist place on a back street two blocks from the beach at Waikiki, where middle America stays and dreams." "Like the Canterbury pilgrims, every guest in this eighty-room hotel has come in search of something - sun, love, happiness, un-namable longing - and everyone has a story. Honeymooners, vacationers, wanderers, mythomaniacs, soldiers, and families all land at the Hotel Honolulu. But the hotel is as suited to being a crime scene as a love nest. Fortunately, our keen-eyed narrator, a writer down on his luck, is there to relate all the comings and goings. He's lost money, friends, house, and family, and he has no experience running a hotel. But all that doesn't stop Buddy, the boozy owner of the place - the last of a dying breed - from signing him on as manager. It isn't long before the hotel expands to encompass the narrator's whole universe. His original plan of escape from a life of the mind becomes something altogether different: a way to return to the world he left, the world of imagined life."--Jacket

Dark star safari : overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux ( Book )
14 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and held by 1,932 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A rich and insightful travel book in the tradition that made Paul Theroux's reputation, Dark Star Safari takes us the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, forgotten train, and rusting steamer. Theroux confronts delay, discomfort, bullets, and bad food while encountering a remarkable mix of places and people. Beginning in Cairo and ending in Cape Town, he goes on the ultimate safari to the true heart of Africa, not the lavish game parks with overfed guests but the small villages of the bush and the filthy chaotic cities that define this forgotten continent" -- Publisher's description

The lower river by Paul Theroux ( Book )
20 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,905 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Ellis Hock never believed that he would return to Africa. He runs an old-fashioned menswear store in a small town in Massachusetts but still dreams of his Eden, the four years he spent in Malawi with the Peace Corps, cut short when he had to return to take over the family business. When his wife leaves him, and he is on his own, he realizes that there is one place for him to go: back to his village in Malawi, on the remote Lower River, where he can be happy again. Arriving at the dusty village, he finds it transformed: the school he built is a ruin, the church and clinic are gone, and poverty and apathy have set in among the people. They remember him--the White Man with no fear of snakes--and welcome him. But is his new life, his journey back, an escape or a trap?

O-Zone : a novel by Paul Theroux ( Book )
18 editions published between 1986 and 1991 in 4 languages and held by 1,803 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On New Year's Eve, eight wealthy New Yorkers fly in their private rotors for a holiday picnic in the forbidden O-Zone, contaminated by nuclear waste. A chance encounter with a band of aliens there will change their lives

The Elephanta suite by Paul Theroux ( Book )
25 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,790 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This startling and satisfying book captures the tumult, ambition, hardship, and serenity that mark today?s India. Theroux?s characters risk venturing far beyond the subcontinent?s well-worn paths to discover woe or truth or peace. A middle-aged couple on vacation veers heedlessly from idyll to chaos. A buttoned-up Boston lawyer finds succor in Mumbai?s reeking slums. And a young woman befriends an elephant in Bangalore" -- publisher website (September 2007)