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1、ABOUTTHEAUTHORPaulTherouxwasbornandeducatedintheUnitedStates.Aftergraduatingfromuniversityin1963,hetravelledfirsttoItalyandthentoAfrica,whereheworkedasaPeaceCorpsteacheratabushschoolinMalawi,andasalectureratMakerereUniversityinUganda.In1968hejoinedtheUniversityofSingaporeandtau
2、ghtintheDepartmentofEnglishforthreeyears.Throughoutthistime,hewaspublishingshortstoriesandjournalism,andhewroteanumberofnovels.AmongthesewereFongandtheIndians,GirlsatPlayandJungleLovers,allofwhichappearinonevolume,OntheEdgeoftheGreatRift(Penguin,1996).Intheearly1970sPaulTheroux
3、movedwithhiswifeandtwochildrentoDorset,wherehewroteSaintJack,andthenontoLondon.HewasaresidentinBritainforatotalofseventeenyears.Inthistimehewroteadozenvolumesofhighlypraisedfictionandanumberofsuccessfultravelbooks,fromwhichaselectionofwritingsweretakentocompilehisbookTravelling
4、theWorld(Penguin,1992).PaulTherouxhasnowreturnedtotheUnitedStates,buthecontinuestotravelwidely.PaulTheroux'smanybooksincludeTheBlackHouse;TheGreatRailwayBazaar;TheFamilyArsenal;PicturePalace,whichwonthe1978WhitbreadLiteraryAward;TheOldPatagonianExpress;World'sEnd;TheMosquitoCoa
5、st,whichwasthe1981YorkshirePostNoveloftheYearandjointwinneroftheJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize,andwasalsomadeintoafeaturefilm;TheLondonEmbassy;TheKingdombytheSea;SunrisewithSea-monsters;O-Zone;RidingtheIronRooster,whichwonthe1988ThomasCookTravelBookAward;MySecretHistory;ChicagoLoo
6、p;TheHappyIslesofOceania;MillroytheMagician;ThePillarsofHerculesandMyOtherLife:ANovel.MostofhisbooksarepublishedbyPenguin.RidingTheIronRoosterBYTRAINTHROUGHCHINAbyPAULTHEROUXPENGUINBOOKSinassociationwithHamishHamiltonPENGUINBOOKSPublishedbythePenguinGroupPenguinBooksLtd,27Wrigh
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