The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific - Softcover

Theroux, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449908585 ISBN 13: 9780449908587

Publisher: Fawcett Books, 1993

Synopsis

The author of Riding the Iron Rooster recounts in vivid, exhilarating detail his journey--by kayak--through the wonders of New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii, Easter Island, and other islands of the Pacific. Reprint.

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Review:

"Engaging and at times brilliant...he goes places where the rest of us might fear to paddle, often beaching his kayak on a small South Pacific island without the foggiest idea whether those awaiting him will be friendly, indifferent, or anxious to give him a good thwack...well worth reading." USA Today"A superb blend of sharp-eyed observation and pungently expressed opinion. It's hardly paradise, this lovely part of the world, but Theroux makes it endlessly fascinating." Newsday"Feisty, eloquent, and vast in scope...a multilayered odyssey." The San Francisco Chronicle"Perceptive, terribly readable, and wickedly funny...[An] exhilarating book." --Book Review The Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.

About this edition

• Publisher: Fawcett Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0449908585
• ISBN 13: 9780449908587
• Binding: Paperback