Entry from US Dictionary
Pronunciation: /THəˈro͞o/
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(1941-), US writer. His fiction includes The Mosquito Coast (1982), My Other Life (1996), and Kowloon Tong (1997). His nonfiction travel books include The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), The Pillars of Hercules (1995), and Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (2008).