(born 1941), US writer. His fiction includes The Mosquito Coast (1982), My Other Life (1996), and Kowloon Tong (1997). His nonfiction travel books include The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), The Pillars of Hercules (1995), and Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (2008).
Definition of Theroux, Paul in US English:
Theroux, Paul
proper nounTHəˈro͞o
(born 1941), US writer. His fiction includes The Mosquito Coast (1982), My Other Life (1996), and Kowloon Tong (1997). His nonfiction travel books include The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), The Pillars of Hercules (1995), and Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (2008).