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Paul Theroux

Paul Theroux is the author of, most recently, “ Under the Wave at Waimea.”

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2 picks · 1996–2009

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The Lower River
fiction ·

Short story about Altman, an elderly man from Medford, Massachusetts, who returns to the Lower River region of Malawi, where he had worked as a volunteer …

The Queen’s Touch
fact and fiction ·

We all knew that we were privileged to be meeting the Queen, Paul Theroux writes. The idea was to remain upbeat.