DAZZLING.

--Time

"[THEROUX'S] WORK IS DISTINGUISHED BY A SPLENDID EYE FOR DETAIL AND THE TELLING GESTURE; a storyteller's sense of pacing and gift for granting closure to the most subtle progression of events; and the graceful use of language. . . . We are delighted, along with Theroux, by the politeness of the Turks, amazed by the mountainous highlands in Syria, touched by the gesture of an Albanian waitress who will not let him pay for his modest meal. . . . The Pillars of Hercules [is] engrossing and enlightening from start (a damning account of tourists annoying the apes of Gibraltar) to finish (an utterly captivating visit with Paul Bowles in Tangier, worth the price of the book all by itself)."

--Chicago Tribune

"ENTERTAINING READING . . . WHEN YOU READ THEROUX, YOU'RE TRULY ON A TRIP."

--The Boston Sunday Globe

"HIS PICARESQUE NARRATIVE IS STUDDED WITH SCENES THAT STICK IN THE MIND. He looks at strangers with a novelist's eye, and his portraits are pleasantly tinged with malice."

--The Washington Post Book World

"THEROUX AT HIS BEST . . . An armchair trip with Theroux is sometimes dark, but always a delight."

--Playboy

"AS SATISFYING AS A GLASS OF COOL WINE ON A DUSTY CALABRIAN AFTERNOON . . . With his effortless writing style, observant eye, and take-no-prisoners approach, Theroux is in top form chronicling this 18-month circuit of the Mediterranean."

--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

保罗•索鲁，曾荣获英国惠特布雷德文学奖、托马斯•库克旅行文学奖。主要作品有老巴塔哥尼亚快车——从北美到南美的火车之旅》《赫丘力士之柱——周游地中海》《到英国的理由》《暗星萨伐旅》等。

薛璞，台湾大学政治系，政治大学外交研究所毕业。曾任《中国时报》编译，现专事翻译。