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    On the Plain of Snakes
    On the Plain of Snakes
    On the Plain of Snakes
    Audiobook19 hours

    On the Plain of Snakes

    Written by Paul Theroux

    Narrated by Joseph Balderrama

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    About this audiobook

    The master of contemporary travel writing, Paul Theroux, immerses himself in the beautiful and troubled heart of modern Mexico

    Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America. A forty-foot steel fence runs through its centre, separating the prosperous US side from the impoverished Mexican side. It is a fascinating site of tension, now more than ever, as the town fills with hopeful border crossers and the deportees who have been caught and brought back. And it is here that Paul Theroux will begin his journey into the culturally rich but troubled heart of modern Mexico.

    Moving through the deserts just south of the Arizona border, Theroux finds a place brimming with charm, yet visibly marked by both the US border patrol looming to the north and mounting discord from within. Attending local language and culinary schools, driving through the country and meeting its people, Paul Theroux gets under the skin of Mexico.

    From the writer praised for his 'curiosity and affection for humanity in all its forms' (New York Times Book Review), On The Plain of Snakes is an urgent and mesmerising exploration of a region in conflict.

    Praise for Paul Theroux:

    'As cool as Maugham... as observant, intuitive, wry, inventive and eloquent as Graham Greene' Sunday Times

    'Theroux's work remains the standard by which other travel writing must be judged' Observer

    'The world's most perceptive travel writer' Daily Mail

    'One of the most accomplished and worldly-wise writers of his generation' The Times
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateOct 10, 2019
    ISBN9781528881715
    On the Plain of Snakes
    Author

    Paul Theroux

    Paul Theroux (b. 1941) attended the University of Massachusetts then trained for the Peace Corps at Syracuse University. He was sent to Italy, then to Malawi. He was thrown out of the Peace Corps but remained in Africa, teaching in Uganda. Since then, he has traveled frequently, but now divides his time between Cape Cod and Hawaii. Other works include PIcture Palace, Mosquito Coast, Fong and the Indians, and Jungle Lovers.

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      A journey into the mind of modern Mexico very well executed as always by Paul Theroux