The Pillars of Hercules

DAZZLING.

--Time

"[THEROUX'S] WORK IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SPLENDID EYE FOR DETAIL AND THE TELLING GESTURE; a storyteller's sense of pacing and gift for granting closure to the most subtle progression of events; and the graceful use of language. . . . We are delighted, along with Theroux, by the politeness of the Turks, amazed by the mountainous highlands in Syria, touched by the...

DAZZLING.

--Time

"[THEROUX'S] WORK IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SPLENDID EYE FOR DETAIL AND THE TELLING GESTURE; a storyteller's sense of pacing and gift for granting closure to the most subtle progression of events; and the graceful use of language. . . . We are delighted, along with Theroux, by the politeness of the Turks, amazed by the mountainous highlands in Syria, touched by the gesture of an Albanian waitress who will not let him pay for his modest meal. . . . The Pillars of Hercules [is] engrossing and enlightening from start (a damning account of tourists annoying the apes of Gibraltar) to finish (an utterly captivating visit with Paul Bowles in Tangier, worth the price of the book all by itself)."

--Chicago Tribune

"ENTERTAINING READING . . . WHEN YOU READ THEROUX, YOU'RE TRULY ON A TRIP."

--The Boston Sunday Globe

"HIS PICARESQUE NARRATIVE IS STUDDED WITH SCENES THAT STICK IN THE MIND. He looks at strangers with a novelist's eye, and his portraits are pleasantly tinged with malice."

--The Washington Post Book World

"THEROUX AT HIS BEST . . . An armchair trip with Theroux is sometimes dark, but always a delight."

--Playboy

"AS SATISFYING AS A GLASS OF COOL WINE ON A DUSTY CALABRIAN AFTERNOON . . . With his effortless writing style, observant eye, and take-no-prisoners approach, Theroux is in top form chronicling this 18-month circuit of the Mediterranean."

--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

保罗•索鲁

Paul Theroux, 1941-

美国旅行作家。曾在马拉维的丛林学校担任和平团教师，在乌干达的大学担任讲师。在新加坡大学任教期间，将短篇故事及为报刊撰写的文章结集成册，并开始写小说。后与家人移居英国，居住十多年。目前在美国定居，仍前往各处旅行。

保罗•索鲁著作丰富，包括《赫拉克勒斯之柱》《老巴塔哥尼亚快车》《美国深南之旅》等。荣获英国惠特布雷德文学奖、托马斯•库克旅行文学奖。