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"a consequence, his later novel ""Jungle Lovers"", which concerns an attempted coup in the country, was banned in Malawi for many years. He moved to Uganda in 1965 to teach English at Makerere University, where he wrote for the magazine ""Transition"". While at Makerere, Theroux began his friendship with novelist V.S. Naipaul, then a visiting scholar at the university. During his time in Uganda, an angry mob at a demonstration threatened to overturn the car in which his pregnant wife was riding. This incident may have contributed to their decision to leave Africa. The couple moved with their son Marcel"
"Paul Theroux Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best-known work is ""The Great Railway Bazaar"" (1975). He has published numerous works of fiction, some of which were adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel ""The Mosquito Coast,"" which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name. He is the father of British authors and documentary filmmakers Marcel Theroux and Louis Theroux, the brother of authors Alexander Theroux and Peter Theroux, and uncle of the American actor and screenwriter Justin"
"retains some of the grandeur of its model."" ""The Guardian"" reviewer James Buchan described the novel as needing ""a journeyman editor [who] would have cut out the repetitions, quotations, boasting, name-dropping, purple passages, dreams, hallucinations, score-settling, bombast and sex fantasies."" Blinding Light Blinding Light is a 2005 novel by Paul Theroux. The novel had a mixed reception, with many reviewers not seeing it as entirely successful. The novel depicts an American writer on his trip to Ecuador and its backcountry, where he has an affair with a local. ""AV Club"" reviewer Scott Tobias notes that the novel follows in the"
"who fought with the Taliban in Afghanistan. The following are the awards and honors bestowed on Theroux during his career. Paul Theroux Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best-known work is ""The Great Railway Bazaar"" (1975). He has published numerous works of fiction, some of which were adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel ""The Mosquito Coast,"" which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name. He is the father of British authors and documentary filmmakers Marcel Theroux and"
"scholars such as Hugues Lebailly, Carolyn Sigler, Sherry L. Ackerman, John Tufail and Cristopher Hollingsworth. Karoline Leach Karoline Leach (born 20 July 1967) is a British playwright and author, best known for her book ""In the Shadow of the Dreamchild"" (), which re-examines the life of Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the author of ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". This book and her subsequent work on what she terms the ""Carroll Myth"" have been major sources of upheaval and controversy in recent years and she has produced very polarized responses from Carroll scholars and lay enthusiasts. Leach was born"
"eventually published in 2003, amongst a collection of short stories, as ""The Stranger at the Palazzo D'Oro"". Dark Star Safari Dark Star Safari (2002) is a written account of a trip taken by author Paul Theroux from Cairo to Cape Town via trains, buses, cars, and armed convoy. Theroux had lived in Africa as a young and idealistic early member of the Peace Corps and part of the reason for this trip was to assess the impact on Africa of the many years of aid from Western countries. His assessment is generally critical of the long-term impact of aid programs."
"narrated by Jack Kerouac. Following chapters include essays on John Cassavetes film ""Shadows"", Ron Rice's film ""The Flower Thief"", filmmakers Harry Smith and Jack Smith, underground filmmaker Jonas Mekas, and British director Peter Whitehead. Also included is an interview with Ginsberg and a chapter on ""Chappaqua"". The second section of the book focuses on William S. Burroughs and his extensive collaborations with Antony Balch, Brion Gysin, and Ian Sommerville, as well as post-punk film makers and artists who were inspired by Burroughs' writings. The appendix examines exploitation film and Hollywood versions of beatnik film as well as other writers affiliated"
"be possible to conceive a book based on a long railway journey.In 2006, Theroux retraced the journey, finding that people and places had changed, and that while he was famous for his earlier work he was not recognised in person. His account of this second journey was published as ""Ghost Train to the Eastern Star"". The Great Railway Bazaar The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia is a travelogue by the American novelist Paul Theroux, first published in 1975. It recounts Theroux's four-month journey by train in 1973 from London through Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and"
"Karoline Leach Karoline Leach (born 20 July 1967) is a British playwright and author, best known for her book ""In the Shadow of the Dreamchild"" (), which re-examines the life of Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the author of ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". This book and her subsequent work on what she terms the ""Carroll Myth"" have been major sources of upheaval and controversy in recent years and she has produced very polarized responses from Carroll scholars and lay enthusiasts. Leach was born in Liverpool. She studied acting and worked as both actor and director in British theatre"
"rural villages which gave him an honest perspective on what was the current situation of the continent. The Shadow of the Sun The Shadow of the Sun (, literally ""Ebony"") is a travel memoir by the Polish writer and journalist Ryszard Kapuściński. It was published by Penguin Books in 2001 with the English translation by Klara Glowczewska. Kapuściński spent nearly 30 years in various African countries such as Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ethiopia and more, detailing his accounts as a white, foreign visitor, of the development of the African states. Kapuściński's experience in Africa was unique, because he had the opportunity"
"edition of 500 copies with illustrations by John Craxton. After revision, an open edition was published by John Murray in 1957. The monasteries discussed include the Abbey of St. Wandrille, Solesmes Abbey and La Grande Trappe. The title is from the Book of Ecclesiastes (). A Time to Keep Silence A Time to Keep Silence (1953) is a travel book by British author Patrick Leigh Fermor. It describes Fermor's sojourns in monasteries across Europe, and is praised by William Dalrymple as a ""sublime masterpiece"". This was an early publication from the Queen Anne Press, a small private press, created in"
"Dark Star Safari Dark Star Safari (2002) is a written account of a trip taken by author Paul Theroux from Cairo to Cape Town via trains, buses, cars, and armed convoy. Theroux had lived in Africa as a young and idealistic early member of the Peace Corps and part of the reason for this trip was to assess the impact on Africa of the many years of aid from Western countries. His assessment is generally critical of the long-term impact of aid programs. Throughout the duration of the trip Theroux describes the writing of an erotic novella. This novella was"
"Photographers Guild. On 22 November 2012, Durham University officially renamed the Main Library the Bill Bryson Library for his contributions as the university's 11th chancellor (2005–11). Paul Theroux was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel ""The Mosquito Coast"", which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name. He was also awarded in 1989 the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award for ""Riding the Iron Rooster"". In 2005, Jan Morris was awarded the Golden PEN Award by English PEN for ""a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature"". Travel literature often intersects with essay writing, as in"
"(1998) contrasts sharply with his earlier, admiring portrait of the same author in """" (1972); events in their relationship over the 26 years between the two books colored the perspective of the later book. The two authors attempted a reconciliation in 2011. His novel ""Jungle Lovers"" (1971) was banned by the government in Malawi for many years. His novel ""Saint Jack"" (1973) was banned by the government of Singapore for 30 years. Both were banned because they were considered too critical of the government's leader(s), or cast the country in an unfavorable light. Theroux has criticized entertainer Bono, and actors"
"described as ""road novel fifty years before Kerouac"" and as reflecting London's loss of hope in socialism and growing interest in scientific farming, as well as a hymn of praise to his second wife Charmian. A film was made in 1914. Billy was played by actor / director Jack Conway and Saxon by Myrtle Stedman. The novel is referenced in Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano, by the protagonist Geoffrey Firmin (the Consul). The Valley of the Moon (novel) The Valley of the Moon (1913) is a novel by American writer Jack London (as well as the mythic and romantic name"
"Arsenal Library, Paris. ""Danse Macabre"" [1832] translated by Brian Stableford, 2013, Black Coat Press, Paul Lacroix Paul Lacroix (; April 27, 1806 – October 16, 1884) was a French author and journalist. He is known best by his pseudonym P.L. Jacob, bibliophile, or Bibliophile Jacob, suggested by his great interest in libraries and books generally. Lacroix was born in Paris, the son of a novelist. He was a prolific and varied writer, composing more than twenty historical romances as well as a variety of serious historical works, including histories of Napoleon III and of the Czar Nicholas I of Russia."
"The Great Railway Bazaar The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia is a travelogue by the American novelist Paul Theroux, first published in 1975. It recounts Theroux's four-month journey by train in 1973 from London through Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, and his return via the Trans-Siberian Railway. Many people consider it a classic in the genre of travel writing. The first part of the route, to India, followed what was then known as the hippie trail. It sold 1.5 million copies upon release. In the book, Theroux explored several themes such as colonialism,"
"writer. He was survived by his son and daughter, George and Natalie. Geoffrey Bocca Geoffrey Bocca (1924-1983) was an English novelist and historian who resided for many years in the United States. Bocca wrote several biographies including studies of Winston Churchill, Harry Oakes and Diosdado Macapagal, and covered subjects as diverse as the French Riviera and the assassination of John F. Kennedy in his non-fiction. Bocca wrote two royal biographies on Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, and Queen Elizabeth II and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He also wrote a series of Nazi sadomasochistic erotic novels featuring Commander Amanda Nightingale, an"
"books Authors published during this time include Gore Vidal, Elmore Leonard, E.L. Doctorow, Umberto Eco, Edwin Torres, William Boyd, and David Halberstam. After Hearst, Kaminsky became the Editor at Large at Doubleday & Harper Collins. He continued to write and publish with Susan. In addition to pseudonym published with The Glow, Howard and Susan also published under the name, Arthur Reid. The pseudonyms are said to be sourced from family names, the first, Brooks Stanwood, a nod to Howard’s first cousin, Mel Brooks. Together they wrote five suspense novels with the atmosphere of film noir. In spite of the death"
"other fables, ""The Schinocephalic Waif"" and ""The Wragby Cars"" with illustrations by Stan Washburn in 1974. In 1987 he published ""An Adultery"", and his longest, most satirical novel ""Laura Warholic"" was published in 2007. Several of his non-fiction books on color, ""The Primary Colors"" (1994) and ""The Secondary Colors"" (1996) were briefly on the best-seller list in Los Angeles. As a writer, he is known for his encyclopedic, highly allusive style, and learned wit. Critic Colin Marshall wrote, “Defending of his prose, Theroux once likened it to 'a Victorian attic.' He delivers more inner life than outer, more desire for"
"Stephen Marlowe Stephen Marlowe (born Milton Lesser, in Brooklyn, New York, died , in Williamsburg, Virginia) was an American author of science fiction, mystery novels, and fictional autobiographies of Goya, Christopher Columbus, Miguel de Cervantes, and Edgar Allan Poe. He is best known for his detective character Chester Drum, whom he created in the 1955 novel ""The Second Longest Night"". Lesser also wrote under the pseudonyms Adam Chase, Andrew Frazer, C.H. Thames, Jason Ridgway, Stephen Wilder and Ellery Queen. Lesser attended the College of William & Mary, earning his degree in philosophy, marrying Leigh Lang shortly after graduating. The couple"
"""Tales of the Shadowmen"" anthology series are a parody of ""Charlie's Angels"". In the stories, Erik is the equivalent of Charlie, and the Persian takes the role of Bosley. The Persian The Persian is a major character from the Gaston Leroux novel ""The Phantom of the Opera"". In the book he is the one who tells most of the background of Erik's history. Erik refers to him as the ""daroga"" (, Persian for ""police-chief"") and his memoirs are featured in five chapters of the novel. He is also considered Erik's only friend. In the 1925 silent film ""The Phantom Of"
"Now that I have, I can sheepishly join the chorus of those who revere the book as one of the half dozen greatest works of modern English travel writing."" He calls the book ""the austere masterpiece"", comparing it with Apsley Cherry-Garrard's ""The Worst Journey in the World"", C. M. Doughty's ""Travels in Arabia Deserta"" and T. E. Lawrence's ""Seven Pillars of Wisdom"". He notes that Thesiger's writing can be vivid, ""but in general his prose is terse, declarative, coolly observational."" Dirda contrasts this coolness with the passion in his photographs, which ""make clear his love for this bleak, unforgiving terrain"""
"Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer. His most famous works are ""Treasure Island"", ""Kidnapped"", ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"", and ""A Child's Garden of Verses"". He was a literary celebrity during his lifetime, and now ranks as the 26th most translated author in the world. His works have been admired by many other writers, including Jorge Luis Borges, Bertolt Brecht, Marcel Proust, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Cesare Pavese, Emilio Salgari, Ernest Hemingway, Rudyard Kipling, Jack London, Vladimir Nabokov, J."
"in the account of Christian's passage through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, in John Bunyan's famous allegory, which indicates a possibility that Bunyan may have read and remembered this episode either in Mandeville or in Hakluyt's ""Odoric"". Nor does it follow that the whole work is borrowed or fictitious. Even the great Moorish traveller Ibn Battuta, accurate and veracious in the main, seems—in one part at least of his narrative—to invent experiences; and, in such works as those of Jan van Hees and Arnold von Harff, we have examples of pilgrims to the Holy Land whose narratives begin"
"as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Lord Halifax (1938–39), and as Lord-in-waiting to King George VI (1938–40 and 1951–52) and Queen Elizabeth II (1952–55). Frederick Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead Frederick Winston Furneaux Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead (7 December 1907 – 10 June 1975) was a British historian. He is best known for writing a controversial biography of Rudyard Kipling that was suppressed by the Kipling family for many years, and which he never lived to see in print. The son of F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, he was known as Viscount Furneaux from 1922, when his father,"
"investigator Ben Shock to investigate various murders. Corley's Hollywood-centered and partly factual novel, ""Shadows"" (1975), was the first work of fiction to feature Dorothy Parker appearing as herself. Other major characters are William Randolph Hearst, his paramour Marion Davies, and Vivien Leigh. Edwin Corley Edwin Raymond Corley (1931-1981) was a United States novelist most famous for his thrillers ""Sargasso"", ""Air Force One"", and ""The Jesus Factor"". He used the pseudonyms ""David Harper"", ""William Judson"" and worked with novelist Jack Murphy, using the pseudonym ""Patrick Buchanan"" (unrelated to Patrick Buchanan, the politician of the same name). As ""Patrick Buchanan"", Corley and"
"various famous historical characters, and like Plutarch often pairing together characters from different times and places whose life, careers or personalities seemed to Van Loon to bear a similarity to each other (e.g. William the Silent and George Washington who led the Wars of Independence of their respective countries; the philosophers Descartes and Emerson; Empress Theodora of Byzantium and Queen Elizabeth I of England; Torquemada and Robespierre, of both of whom Van Loon had less than a flattering view...). In the book the author imagines he is living in his summer home in the town of Veere on the island"
"grotesque sf adventure with a characteristically English darkness of emotional colouring ... and a tendency towards downbeat conclusions."" His novels were published by Gollancz, Tandem, Sphere Books and Futura Publications in England, and Ballantine Books in the United States. His short fiction was published in John Carnell's ""New Writings in SF"" series. Some of his work has been translated into French, Spanish and German. Vincent King Rex Thomas Vinson (October 22, 1935 - May 2000) was an Art teacher, artist and science fiction author active in writing in the late 1960s and early 1970s, who wrote under the pen name"
"As Ellery Queen As C. H. Thames: Stephen Marlowe Stephen Marlowe (born Milton Lesser, in Brooklyn, New York, died , in Williamsburg, Virginia) was an American author of science fiction, mystery novels, and fictional autobiographies of Goya, Christopher Columbus, Miguel de Cervantes, and Edgar Allan Poe. He is best known for his detective character Chester Drum, whom he created in the 1955 novel ""The Second Longest Night"". Lesser also wrote under the pseudonyms Adam Chase, Andrew Frazer, C.H. Thames, Jason Ridgway, Stephen Wilder and Ellery Queen. Lesser attended the College of William & Mary, earning his degree in philosophy, marrying"
"The Shadow of the Sun The Shadow of the Sun (, literally ""Ebony"") is a travel memoir by the Polish writer and journalist Ryszard Kapuściński. It was published by Penguin Books in 2001 with the English translation by Klara Glowczewska. Kapuściński spent nearly 30 years in various African countries such as Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, Ethiopia and more, detailing his accounts as a white, foreign visitor, of the development of the African states. Kapuściński's experience in Africa was unique, because he had the opportunity to stay with people of various classes in society, staying with ministers, as well as peasants in"
"some find his writing racist and blunt, it portrays life in the African bush as it was, and not as a fanciful romantic dream. The Old Transport Road is an informative and absorbing book. It is also a tribute to those who braved the trackless wilderness by ox-waggon – men who can legitimately be compared to the 19th century pioneers of modern America. Some of Hyatt's documented short stories: All of Hyatt's known major works: Stanley Portal Hyatt Stanley Portal Hyatt (2 January 1877 – 30 June 1914) was an English explorer, hunter, and writer. Hyatt left his comfortable family"
"Louis Stevenson – John Suckling – Algernon Charles Swinburne – George Szirtes – Alfred, Lord Tennyson – Dylan Thomas – Edward Thomas – R. S. Thomas – Francis Thompson – Anthony Thwaite – Chidiock Tichborne – Aurelian Townsend – W. J. Turner – Oscar Wilde – John Wilmot, Lord Rochester – Roger Woddis – Charles Wolfe – William Wordsworth – William Butler Yeats – Andrew Young Kingsley Amis Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher. He wrote more than 20 novels, six volumes of poetry, a memoir,"