Literary honour? Nov 20, 2009
Roth can comfort himself with the fact that a roll-call of literary fiction's great and good - from the Booker winner John Banville to the acclaimed Israeli novelist Amos Oz, the Goncourt winner Jonathan Littell and the Whitbread winner Paul Theroux - have made it into the line-up this year. Auberon Waugh set up the award to ''draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel, and to discourage it. (The Age, Australia)
Nick Cave and the Bad Sex: up for a rude award Nov 20, 2009
Their comfort is that the dubious honour has gone to a roll-call of literary fiction's great and good this year - including the Booker Prize winner John Banville, the acclaimed Israeli novelist Amos Oz, the Goncourt winner Jonathan Littell and the Whitbread winner Paul Theroux. The English writer Auberon Waugh set up the award to ''draw attention to the crude, tasteless, often perfunctory use of redundant passages of sexual description in the modern novel, and to discourage it. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
* Hardcover: UK: Clueless in Calcutta Nov 8, 2009
Paul Theroux returns to familiar themes in A Dead Hand, his latest book to paint India in an unflattering light ... Paul Theroux has published 47 books in 42 years, and inevitably some of them are less good than others ... As if this wasnt enough, the real-life Paul Theroux himself appears as a character. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Someone from Medford with class Oct 17, 2009
I AM disappointed after reading the column by Kevin Cullen how Paul Theroux really feels about Medford ( , Metro, Page B1). Paul was a classmate of mine from elementary through high school, and reading some of his books and articles I always thought he was proud of his hometown. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Tycoon tales and Darwin get award nominations Oct 15, 2009
Marcel Theroux, son of travel writer and former National Book Award finalist Paul Theroux, was a fiction nominee for "Far North," a story of global warming disaster set around Siberia. Also selected were such critical favorites as Colum McCann's "Let the Great World Spin," Daniyal Mueenuddin's book of stories "In Other Rooms, Other Wonders" and Jayne Anne Phillips' "Lark & Termite.". (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Mad about Medford Oct 15, 2009
The killer quote is not from Bloomberg, presumably because he was too shrewd to say anything as crass, but from another Medford native, Paul Theroux, the writer, who was a year ahead of Bloomberg at Medford High ... Let s leave aside for the moment that Paul Theroux somehow managed to pick up an English accent somewhere between West Medford and the West End in London, where he once lived ... She loves her son, but she s not going to bat for Paul Theroux. (Boston Globe)
Menounos the ring leader Oct 14, 2009
And it quotes another famous Medford native, author Paul Theroux, saying, I thought it would be death to stay there, that I would just be swallowed up. It was all right to grow up there, but to stay there. (Boston Globe)
Bloomberg biography cites NY mayor’s Medford roots Oct 13, 2009
It was not a bad place, but a place you want to leave, to escape from, recalled the author Paul Theroux, a Medford native and casual Bloomberg friend. I thought it would be death to stay there, that I would just be swallowed up. (Boston Globe)
When Harry met Michael Oct 12, 2009
The 18-page spread, which includes a first-person essay by Benson, an article by novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux and shots of how the house looked when first built and furnished, adds a sprinkling of sequins to Architectural Digest s buttoned-up wardrobe of carefully arranged, human-free interiors. But when you think about it, Benson said, maybe it s not so unusual, because we re talking about Neverland maybe the most famous private home in the world. (The Palm Beach Post)
Flight test: Emirates first-class suite Aug 8, 2009
Comfort In The Great Railway Bazaar Paul Theroux writes "better to go first class than arrive ... " He is referring to trains but could have been writing about first class on this flight because the time I spend in the suite isn't enough. Why would you want to leave when you have food and drink on demand, so many new-release movies that it's like being at a film festival and a lie-flat seat that is made into a bed with cotton-lined blankets and down pillows when you want. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
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Get literary, get entertained at civic grounds May 17, 2009
4:15 p.m.: Cades Award presentations to writers Joe Tsujimoto and Paul Theroux. Tomorrow. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Thousands turn out for Hawaii Book and Music Festival May 17, 2009
Highlights from today's activities included a panel discussion with former Hawai'i governors George Ariyoshi, John Waihe'e and Ben Cayetano, a choral showcase and the presentation of the Hawai'i Literary Arts Council's Cades Award to Joe Tsujimoto and Paul Theroux. The festival continues tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.. (Honolulu Advertiser)
2 Hawaii-based authors will read May 11, 2009
Writers Paul Theroux and Joe Tsujimoto will both read from their work at the Hawai'i Book and Music Festival, as the Hawai'i Literary Arts Council presents them with the prestigious 2009 Elliot Cades Awards. The prolific Theroux, who divides his time between his North Shore and Cape Cod homes, is the author of more than 30 novels and short story collections, as well as 16 books of nonfiction. (Honolulu Advertiser)
