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Pete McMartin: Why would a great American traveller want to write about Canada?

Why was Theroux here, I wondered, when the real undiscovered country is the place he calls home?

“Nothing prepared me for Vancouver.” — Paul Theroux, in his just published travel book, True North: On The Road In Canada.

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A few years ago, Paul Theroux, the world’s preeminent travel writer, paid us a visit. He came north to Canada, drove its length from east to west, and out of it came his latest travel book. At 423 pages, True North covers a lot of ground.

Theroux, if you have never read him, is a terrific........

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