Alexander Theroux: A Fan's Notes

"Since the publication of his first novel in 1972, Alexander Theroux has won great acclaim for his dazzling style and forceful intellect. That first novel, "Three Wogs," was named Book of the Year by "Encyclopedia Britannica," and his second, "Darconville's Cat," was nominated for the National Book Award. Since then he has gone on to publish 20 more books and has been the subject of several interviews and academic studies. The 2020 publication of his "Collected Stories" will bring him renewed attention. This is the first book-length study of Theroux's complete body of work-novels, fables and short stories, nonfiction books, poetry, journalism-concluding with a chapter on his contentious relationship with his best-selling brother Paul Theroux. Critic Steven Moore, who has known Theroux for nearly forty years and helped with the publication of some of his books, illuminates Theroux work in a scholarly yet accessible style. While appreciative of most of what Theroux has written, Moore doesn't shirk from what he regards as some of his weaker efforts in order to provide a balanced evaluation of this unique writer. Moore's book will appeal to Theroux's fan base as well as to students of modern American literature"--