DEEP SOUTH: Four Seasons on Back Roads

THEROUX, Paul

ISBN 10: 0241146720 / ISBN 13: 9780241146729

Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd, Great Britian, 2015

About this Item

First edition, with dustwrapper. Navy boards with silver lettering on the spine and front cover. Head and tail of spine lightly bumped and rubbed. Binding is neat and tidy. Page edges are very lightly discoloured. Free endpapers and pastedowns are also lightly discoloured, yet this book is in very good condition. Dust wrapper has some discolouration at the edges. Spine sunned and covers rubbed. Back cover lightly scratched. Head and tail of spine thumbed. Edges and corners are showing some light wear and tear, this dust wrapper is in very good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound. Seller Inventory # TRA571

Bibliographic Details

Title: DEEP SOUTH: Four Seasons on Back Roads

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, Great Britian

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER Beloved travel writer Paul Theroux turns his attention to America, exploring the landscapes and communities of his homeland as an outsider for the first time For the past fifty years, Paul Theroux has travelled to the far corners of the earth - to China, India, Africa, the Pacific Islands, South America, Russia, and elsewhere - and brought them to life in his cool, exacting prose. In Deep South he turns his gaze to a region much closer to his home. Travelling through North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas, Paul Theroux writes of the stunning landscapes he discovers - the deserts, the mountains, the Mississippi - and above all, the lives of the people he meets. The South is a place of contradictions. There is the warm, open spirit of the soul food cafes, found in every town, no matter how small. There is the ruined grandeur of numberless ghostly towns, long abandoned by the industries that built them. There are the state gun shows and the close-knit,subtly forlorn tribe of people who attend and run them. Deep in the heart of his native country, Theroux discovers a land more profoundly foreign than anything he has previously experienced.

From the Back Cover:

Early Acclaim for DEEP SOUTH

This luminous sojourn is Theroux s best outing in years. Publishers Weekly, starred review

As thoughtful as it is evocative, the book offers insight into a significant region and its people and customs. An epically compelling travel memoir. Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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