Deep South is Paul Theroux's travels in the deep south region of USA. Deep South is about those confederate states we keep hearing about due to their civil war past, their undiminished love for slavery, their unspoken poverty, their lack of infrastructure, their love for christian evangelism, their passion for gun ownership and surprisingly their welcoming the visitors attitude.

Theroux has been criticised in quite a few reviews here on Goodreads about how he is projecting stereotypes of the southern folks which although is somewhat true but isn't what his travel writing about? No one was complaining when he did the same in Africa & Asia. To give him credit he is not a racist but is mostly politically incorrect. He writes frankly what we are thinking in our minds but are afraid to speak out loud fearing being labelled. He is very critical of the US Government here comparing most of the southern towns with what he has seen in African countries. Another aspect he keeps bringing up are the multi-billion dollar charities working in remote parts of the world while neglecting their own backyards especially Clinton's foundation as he is a son of the soil.

This one is probably for Paul Theroux's fans only and even then it is not his best work.