Paul Theroux Quotes


One thing about cold weather: it brings out the statistician in everyone.


Citations

Theroux, Paul. The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas. Houghton Mifflin, 1979, p. 45.

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Paul Theroux
Paul Theroux
  • Born: April 10, 1941
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Novelist

Paul Edward Theroux is an American travel writer and novelist, whose works include 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.