The Collected Stories

<p><i>The Collected Stories</i> is a collection of award-winning writer Paul Theroux's short stories, each of which brimming with astute observations and sharp wit that will captivate readers the world over. <p>'[Theroux] makes and remakes his own world...the smell, sound, sight of his scenes is always strong, even pungent; and, even more, his dialogue is powerfully but also effortlessly accurate' <i>Sunday Telegraph</i> <p>'Theroux willingly explores the blighted territory of a failing marriage; the tangled jungle of a mad poet's secret anti-Semitism; the belated sexual guilt of a Hindu. . . a book of many and varied pleasures; to read it is to feel alert, curious, adventurous' <i>Observer</i> <p>'Paul Theroux's writing is impeccable and thoughtfully entertaining. . . his artistry is individual, serene, yet also grainy with fierce truths' <i>The Times</i> <p>'One needs energy to keep up with the extraordinary, productive restlessness of Paul Theroux. . . [He is] the most gifted, most prodigal writer of his generation' Jonathan Raban <p>'You close the book feeling you have read a single big narrative rather than a series of short ones. . . As a short-story writer, he makes a terrific novelist' <i>Sunday Times</i> <p>American travel writer Paul Theroux is known for the rich descriptions of people and places that is often streaked with his distinctive sense of irony; his novels and collected short stories, <i>My Other Life</i>, <i>My Secret History</i>, <i>The Lower River</i>, <i>The Stranger at the Palazzo d'Oro</i>, <i> A Dead Hand</i>, <i>Millroy the Magician</i>, <i>The Elephanta Suite</i>, <i>Saint Jack</i>, <i>The Consul's File</i>, <i>The Family Arsenal</i>, <i>The Mosquito Coast</i>, and his works of non-fiction, including the iconic <i>The Great Railway Bazaar</i> are available from Penguin.</p>