"A book to be plundered and raided." -- New York Times Book Review
"A portal into a world of timeless travel literature curated by one of
the greatest travel writers of our day." -- USA Today
Paul Theroux celebrates fifty years of wandering the globe in this
collection of the best writing from the books that have shaped him as a
reader and a traveler. Part philosophical guide, part miscellany, part
reminiscence, The Tao of Travel contains excerpts from the best of
Theroux's own work interspersed with selections from travelers both
familiar and unexpected:
Vladimir Nabokov Eudora Welty
Evelyn Waugh James Baldwin
Charles Dickens Pico Iyer
Henry David Thoreau Anton Chekhov
Mark Twain John McPhee
Freya Stark Ernest Hemingway
Graham Greene and many others
"Dazzling . . . Like someone panning for gold, Theroux reread hundreds
of travel classics and modern works, shaking out the nuggets." -- San
Francisco Chronicle