Alexander Theroux
Alexander Theroux (born 1939) is an American novelist, poet, and essayist.
He was born in Medford, Massachusetts. His brother is Paul Theroux. He taught at Harvard University and Yale University. On publishing his first novel, Three Wogs aged 32, the New York Times called him "a certified, grade A, major new talent." [1] His most recent novel, Laura Warholic, has been described as "the Moby-Dick of misanthropy".[1] His first book of travel writing, Estonia: A Ramble Through the Periphery, was published by Fantagraphics in November 2011.
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[edit] Plagiarism controversy
In 1995 the New York Times reported that one of its readers had noted the similarity of 6 passages in Theroux's 1994 survey of The Primary Colors with a 1954 book Song of the Sky (by Guy Murchie). Theroux attributed the matter to "stupidity and bad note taking," noting that he had read hundreds of books for The Primary Colors. Theroux's editor said that future editions would credit Murchie's work, or remove the passages.[2][3]
[edit] Selected works
[edit] Novellas
- Three Wogs (1972)
[edit] Novels
- Darconville's Cat (1981)
- An Adultery (1987)
- Laura Warholic or, The Sexual Intellectual (2007)
[edit] Fables
- The Schinocephalic Waif
- The Great Wheadle Tragedy
- Master Snickup's Cloak
[edit] Poetry
- The Lollipop Trollops and Other Poems
[edit] Other
- Theroux Metaphrastes: An Essay on Literature
- The Primary Colors: Three Essays
- The Secondary Colors: Three Essays
- The Strange Case of Edward Gorey
- The Enigma of Al Capp
- Estonia: A Ramble Through the Periphery
[edit] Critical studies
- Steven Moore, "Alexander Theroux's Darconville's Cat and the Tradition of Learned Wit." Contemporary Literature 27.2 (Summer 1986): 233-45.
- "Alexander Theroux/Paul West Number", The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Spring 1991
[edit] Newspaper stories
- "The Theroux Family Arsenal", James Atlas, New York Times Magazine, April 30, 1978
- "The Man Who Knows Too Much", M. R. Montgomery, The Boston Globe, September 14, 1994
[edit] References
- ^ a b Barnes and Noble Review, 3 January 2008, Laura Warholic, or, The Sexual Intellectual
- ^ New York Times, 3 March 1995, A Reader Finds That a Current Book Reads Suspiciously Like an Old One
- ^ San Francisco Chronicle, 4 March 1995, Author of `Colors' Accused of Plagiarism
[edit] External links
- Short Biography
- Interview in LA CityBeat
- Audio of Theroux reading from Laura Warholic
- Radio Interview with Michael Silverblatt, KCRW's Bookworm
- An interview with Alexander Theroux on The Marketplace of Ideas
- Checklist of Theroux's Writings
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