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The Tao of Travel

Posted by Jason Hussong on Monday, July 4, 2011,

I have struggled with separating myself from Paul Theroux. As much as I can't stand the arrogant tone in his writing, I can't help but buy another book of his when I see it on the shelf -

in this case, his newest work, The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road. And, quite to my surprise, I'm for once not regretting that decision as I have with most of his other books.

The Tao of Travel by Paul Theroux is just that, Theroux's view on the way of travel. There is no doubt his e...

The Kingdom by the Sea

Posted by Jason Hussong on Thursday, April 28, 2011,

A couple of years ago I swore off reading any book by Paul Theroux ever again. Ever. True, he could write like nobody's business, but his arrogance drove me mad. He never literally spelled it out, but I always got the impression in his other books I've read that his a

dventures were the only way to travel and that everyone else was just a mere tourist. This upset me to no end, since I believe no one has the right to belittle another person's ambitions.

Keep away from people who try to bel...

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,

About a month ago I stopped at the Denver Public Library's used book sale and instantly made for the travel section. I didn't expect to find much more than some old travel guides, but was pleasantly surprised when I started

going through the tables covered in books.

I grabbed my fair share of old travel guides, I won't deny, but I also found a few that I considered gems. One of those books was Paul Theroux's The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas, which was published back in...
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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,

I'm beginning to believe that it's just not possible for me to be a fan of Paul Theroux. I've now read three of his books and have

only enjoyed one, and that one only mildly.

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is the third book of his I've read, and it comes on the tails of reading The Great Railway Bazaar. And really the only different in the two books is a few countries and about 30 years.

In Ghost train to the Eastern Star Theroux attempts to retrace his route through Europe and Asia...

The Great Railway Bazaar

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,

Paul Theroux's The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia has been said to be, by some, the quintessential travel novel. If ever there were one travel book to read, this is supposed to be the one.

So, on the heals of the release of Theroux's Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar, a book that is essentially a sequel to The Great Railway Bazaar, I decided to pick up the first and give it a read before I got in the second.

I felt secure in my pu...