Paul Theroux Interview - Mexico, Road Trips, and Trump

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In today’s episode, I speak with Paul Theroux about and his new book "On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019). We also speak about a variety of topics including road trips, death, immigration, NAFTA, and how Donald Trump inspired him to write his new book.

[@fashionela1]

Beautiful interview. I could listen Paul Theroux for hours.

[@jeremybassetti]

Thank you!

[@TomCronin-jb7gg]

Paul. Is a world treasure..I met him briefly in Provincetown He's absolutely fascinating...

[@richardmarkdobson]

Paul Theroux is one of my favourite writers. Enjoyed this podcast very much.

[@jeremybassetti]

Thanks for watching/listening.

[@jeffreymika]

My wife and I have been really enjoying Paul Theroux’s travel books this past year in lockdown. Great interview with a great writer. Thanks!

[@jeremybassetti]

Hi, Jeffrey. Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the interview and his work. Which ones have you read this past year?

[@jeffreymika]

@@jeremybassetti the Old Patagonian Express and the Great Railway Bazaar. Also, the Mosquito Coast. We just started Deep South.

[@jeremybassetti]

@@jeffreymika All good!

[@williemays2]

@@jeffreymika --- Good choice --- Deep South is an often overlooked tome on the South --- memorably, his chapter on the 'Black Elite' of Atlanta; 'tis eye-opening, and a culture rarely written about from an outsider's perspective ----

[@johnr797]

@@jeffreymika if you like Mosquito Coast, check out the movie with Harrison Ford but please avoid the TV show! Also, I would recommend Dark Star Safari and Happy Isles of Oceania

[@steveelliott285]

That was a great interview, thank you. Steve in north east England.

[@jeremybassetti]

Thanks for your note, Steve! Glad you enjoyed it. Got more travel author interviews here and on the podcast, and many more on the way. Stay safe in lockdown!

[@jeremybassetti]

Thank you, Steve. Happy to hear you enjoyed it. Take care out there!

[@peterbrown3004]

P. Theroux is a man with curious outlooks (e.g. his dislike of universities expressed in this book ). And yet all told as a writer he is so deep..

[@jeremybassetti]

He knows how to write for sure.

[@johnr797]

Really enjoyed this book

[@jeremybassetti]

It was a good one!