To the end of the line

For the young Paul Theroux, travel books were self-indulgent, predictable and dull. No one was capturing the truth about travelling. Then he boarded the Orient Express and began a journey that took him across Asia and into new writing territory

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Paul Theroux on how be became a travel writer

This article appeared in the Guardian on Saturday March 22 2008 on p4 of the Features & reviews section. It was last updated at 16.23 on April 05 2008.

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