About the Author
Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel literature, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History, and The Mosquito Coast. Paul Theroux splits his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian Islands.

Book Description
In the last fifty years, Paul Theroux has traveled to the most remote corners of the earth - to China, India, Africa, the Pacific Islands, South America, Russia, and beyond - bringing them to life in his cool, precise prose. In Deep South, he turns his gaze to a region much closer to home. Traveling through North and South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas, Paul Theroux describes the breathtaking landscapes he discovers - the deserts, the mountains, the Mississippi - and, above all, the lives of the people.