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The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific

The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific

by PaulTheroux (Author)

  • Used

    Paperback 1993

    $4.47

  • Used

    Paperback 1993

    $5.78
Synopsis

Paul Theroux invites us to join him on one of his most exotic and tantalizing adventures exploring the coasts and blue lagoons of the Pacific Islands, and taking up residence to discover the secrets of these isles. Theroux is a mesmerizing narrator - brilliant, witty, keenly perceptive as he floats through Gauguin landscapes, sails in the wake of Captain Cook and recalls the bewitching tales of Jack London and Robert Louis Stevenson. Alone in his kayak, paddling to seldom visited shores, he glides through time and space, discovering a world of islands, their remarkable people, and in turn, happiness. 'A sharp, fascinating and highly entertaining book ...Theroux at his best' Daily Telegraph.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 752
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Penguin
Published: 03 Jun 1993
ISBN 10: 0140159762
ISBN 13: 9780140159769

Media Reviews
Engaging and at times brilliant...he goes places where the rest of us might fear to paddle, often beaching his kayak on a small South Pacific island without the foggiest idea whether those awaiting him will be friendly, indifferent, or anxious to give him a good thwack...well worth reading. USA Today A superb blend of sharp-eyed observation and pungently expressed opinion. It's hardly paradise, this lovely part of the world, but Theroux makes it endlessly fascinating. Newsday Feisty, eloquent, and vast in scope...a multilayered odyssey. The San Francisco Chronicle Perceptive, terribly readable, and wickedly funny...[An] exhilarating book. --Book Review The Los Angeles Times
Author Bio
Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.