Paul Theroux
Paul Edward Theroux is an American travel writer and novelist, whose bestknown work is The Great Railway Bazaar . 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.
Theroux was born in Medford, Massachusetts, the son of Catholic parents his mother, Anne , was Italian American, and his father, Albert Eugene Theroux, was FrenchCanadian. His mother was a grammar school teacher and his father was a salesman for the American Leather Oak company. Theroux was a Boy Scout and ultimately achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.
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