True North
$49.34
- Hardcover
448 pages
- Release Date
29 November 2026
Summary
‘The true north strong and free’ in the words of its national anthem - is the subject of this exhilarating new travel book from Paul Theroux: both a journey into the past and a cross-country road trip in the present, at a pivotal point in Canada’s history.
A vastly diverse and geographically scattered nation of forty million people, Canada is now threatened with annexation as the 51st state by the US President, beyond the longest undefended border in the world. This threat has had the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241515990 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241515998 |
| Author: | Paul Theroux |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Hamish Hamilton Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 29 November 2026 |
| Weight: | 674g |
| Dimensions: | 38mm x 163mm x 242mm |
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Critics Review
Like me, Paul Theroux is a fellow New Englander who has traveled - we’ve both lived a lot of our eighty four years outside our birth country. We both know that before you can be a good writer, you have to be a keen observer – John Irving
True North made me, in my depths, long to be back in Canada – Hugh Brody
One of our greatest travel writers – William Boyd * New York Times *
The most gifted, most prodigal writer of his generation – Jonathan Raban
One of the best-known travel writers of our times * The Herald *
Paul Theroux
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 in 2020. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian Islands.
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