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The Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux

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After eleven years living as an American in London, the author set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the British are really like. It was 1982, the summer of the Falklands War, the ideal time, he found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves.

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The Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux

After eleven years living as an American in London, the author set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the British are really like. It was 1982, the summer of the Falklands War, the ideal time, he found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves.

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Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. He won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.
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ISBN 13 9780140071818
ISBN 10 0140071814
Title The Kingdom by the Sea
Author Paul Theroux
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1985-02-28
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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