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grasswire

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5. Theroux has enjoyed significant success

Reply to Speck Tater (Reply #2)

Sat Feb 25, 2012, 01:48 PM

Feb 2012

...and I wonder now why that is. I remember reading several of his books years ago, and the allure was because of the destination and travel. The train across Siberia, for example. Maybe he didn't get so bitter and cynical until later.

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so I'm reading the travelogue written by Paul Theroux in the 1970s.... [View all] grasswire Feb 2012 OP

I found his book very depressing too LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #1

Couldn't be much more depressing than his "The Mosquito Coast". nt Speck Tater Feb 2012 #2

No shit! Wasn't that book an absolute downer? Sad to say, the crazy father reminded me a lot of my Nay Feb 2012 #3

Theroux has enjoyed significant success grasswire Feb 2012 #5

Never been to Clovelly so ca't comment on that. dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #4

so if you had to pick one section of coast to visit... grasswire Feb 2012 #8

Actually a number of my cousins live in Wales dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #10

In the 70s, some of the British coastline was blighted by heavy industry ,,, non sociopath skin Feb 2012 #6

thank you SO much for that link! grasswire Feb 2012 #7

I haven't read the book... LeftishBrit Feb 2012 #9

oh yes, you are right about the date grasswire Feb 2012 #11

It's someone flashy, probably looking to make a fast buck muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #12