Paul Theroux quote: A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot ...

A travel book is about someone who goes somewhere, travels on the ground, sees something and spends quite a lot of time doing it, and has a hard time, and then comes back and writes about it. It's not about inventing.

~ Paul Theroux ~

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