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.
- ISBN10 1299903568
- ISBN13 9781299903562
- Publish Date 1 January 2006 (first published 8 June 1992)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 19 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Mariner Books
- Format eBook
- Language English