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Alexander Theroux
Born
Alexander Louis Theroux 1939 (age 84–85) Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation
Author
poet
academic
Citizenship
American
Education
University of Virginia
Period
1972–present
Notable works
Darconville's Cat (1981)
Relatives
Paul Theroux (brother)
Peter Theroux (brother)
Louis Theroux (nephew)
Marcel Theroux (nephew)
Justin Theroux (nephew)
Alexander Louis Theroux (born 1939) is an American novelist and poet. He is known for his novel Darconville's Cat (1981), which was selected by Anthony Burgess for his book-length essay Ninety-Nine Novels: The Best in English Since 1939 – A Personal Choice in 1984 and by Larry McCaffery for his 20th Century's Greatest Hits list.[1]
He was awarded the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction in 1991 and the Clifton Fadiman Medal for Fiction in 2002 by the Mercantile Library in New York City. He is the brother of novelist Paul Theroux and writer Peter Theroux as well as the uncle of documentarian Louis Theroux, novelist Marcel Theroux, and actor Justin Theroux.
^"Larry McCafferys 20th Century Greatest Hits". Archived from the original on 2012-07-10. Retrieved 2012-03-21.
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Wonders. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-313-32951-7. AlexanderTheroux (2017). Einstein's Beets. Fantagraphics Books. p. 640. ISBN 978-1-60699-976-9...
pseudonym of Andrew Abbott, American sociologist A character from AlexanderTheroux' novel "Darconville's Cat" This disambiguation page lists articles...
sympathy" uncharacteristic of subsequent psychiatrists. American writer AlexanderTheroux has named Burton as one of his influences, and sometimes imitates...
"London" on Satire III and his "The Vanity of Human Wishes" on Satire X. AlexanderTheroux, whose novels are rife with vicious satire, identified Juvenal as...
first reviewer who identified the title with the Biblical quote was AlexanderTheroux in the November 24 The Wall Street Journal review Fantastic Journey...
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Noir Posters from the 1940s & 1950s by Mark Fertig Laura Warholic by AlexanderTheroux, 2007 Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It edited by...
reprising their roles alongside new cast members Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti, and Willem Dafoe. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice...
from the original on December 27, 2016, retrieved January 23, 2017 AlexanderTheroux, "On the Cape, vows rewritten: Son of Wilson, McCarthy recounts an...
Einstein's Beets: An Examination of Food Phobias, American author AlexanderTheroux opines that due to its connotation to Vichy France, "many French citizens...
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