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Economist Podcasts - The Economist Asks: Paul Theroux

The Economist Asks: Paul Theroux

Economist Podcasts

04/08/21 • 25 min

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What can a travel writer learn from staying at home? Anne McElvoy asks the prolific travel author Paul Theroux about the virtues of being homebound during the pandemic. The author of "Under the Wave at Waimea" reveals that his friend and one-time foe V.S. Naipaul inspired a character in his new book about big-wave surfing in Hawaii. Also, verbal fencing with his sons Louis and Marcel and his ultimate travel destination.


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04/08/21 • 25 min

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