Description: Whether it is trekking through the icy Maine woods, sailing fifteen hundred miles down the Yangtze River in China, or journeying to a remote island in the South Pacific where the first atomic bombs were detonated, Paul Theroux "serves as both the camera and the eye" (Time), "serious in his energy and in his boundless determination to see what he wants to see" (Washington Post). This "most enlightening, most enjoyable" (San Francisco Chronicle) collection of essays and articles, written over the last fifteen years, is "the ultimate good read for anyone fascinated by travel" (Miami Herald). In addition to descriptive accounts of his adventures, Theroux offers his take on such writers as Daniel Defoe, Henry David Thoreau, Joseph Conrad, V. S. Pritchett, and Bruce Chatwin. In each of the pieces, "the immensely satisfying interplay of observation, wit, and insight . . . that we've come to expect from Paul Theroux is very much in evidence" (Marie Claire). Fresh Air Fiend is truly "an engaging record of a love affair with the world" (San Antonio Express).

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