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Paul Theroux

On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican road trip by Paul Theroux

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March 2020, no. 419
Gabriel García Ochoa reviews 'On The Plain Of Snakes: A Mexican road trip' by Paul Theroux

At seventy-six, Paul Theroux drove from his home in Cape Cod to Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state. On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican road trip is his account of this adventure, at times misinformed, on occasions tedious, with moments of entertaining, well-researched discussions about the scintillating complexity of Mexico.

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Deep South: Four Seasons on back roads by Paul Theroux

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December 2015, no. 377
Kevin Rabalais reviews 'Deep South' by Paul Theroux

The traveller, as V.S. Naipaul describes that role in A Turn in the South (1989), 'is a man defining himself against a foreign background'. Over the past forty years, Paul Theroux has built his career writing books, nearly fifty novels and travelogues, to become an exemplar of that definition. He seeks always to go farther and deeper, often journeying, to b ...