Why read The Happy Isles of Oceania?

Book cover of The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific

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The author of The Great Railway Bazaar explores the South Pacific by kayak: “This exhilarating epic ranks with [his] best travel books” (Publishers Weekly).

In one of his most exotic and adventuresome journeys, travel writer Paul Theroux embarks on an eighteen-month tour of the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Happy Isles of Oceania as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Ann Göth

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When I first learnt that I would embark on a two-year expedition to Tonga, I knew nothing about that part of the world.

Theroux’s book brought it so much closer and opened up my eyes to many different aspects of the history and culture of South Pacific islands. I also admired Theroux for his endurance when he paddled his way from one island to the next.

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