Author: paultheroux

The acclaimed author of The Great Railway Bazaar takes a revealing journey through the Southern US in a ”vivid contemporary portrait of rural life” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).   Paul Theroux has spent decades roaming the globe and writing of his experiences with remote people and far-flung places. Now, for the first time, he turns his attention to a corner of America–the Deep South. On a … to a corner of America–the Deep South. On a winding road trip through Mississippi, South Carolina, and elsewhere below the Mason-Dixon, Theroux discovers architectural and artistic wonders, incomparable music, mouth-watering cuisine–and also some of the…