Paul Theroux's The Great Railway Bazaar was my first introduction to travel writing. His fiction is uneven, very uneven but his travel writing is hypnotic. I also have a fondness for Eric Newby - sometimes a bit wordy but toughing it out for his dry humor is worth the effort.
Right now, I am discovering his Small Place in Italy, a spot not much different that the one Under the Tuscan Sun. I like approaching travel with a sense of light-hearted adventure. Especially since something goofy or weird, always seems to happen to me, and so it seems with Newby.
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I'll never forget it was YOU who introduced me to Theroux, Roberta, when we had our campus book group a few years back! This led me to one of the most delightful summer reads ever...The setting sun chased me along many a campfire evening at the lake while I enjoyed 'The Happy Isles of Oceania' by P. Theroux...I'll always been indebted to you for leading me to him!
~ Sonja
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