I disliked this book so much I could not finish reading it. I listened to the audiobook narrated by John McDonough, who narrated Mitford books by Jan Karon. I recently finished the last two Mitford books narrated by Mr. McDonough. I'd found those narrations unpleasant due to the combinations of stereotypical backwoods Southern accents and colloquial grammar used for many of the characters. As I listened to Deep South I kept bracing myself for more of the same. I did not get far enough to be driven away by the narration, however. It was the writing, specifically the long asides that had little to do with his travel in the South that were tiresome. His delving into mock ordeal travel was mildly interesting. Then the diatribe about travel by air and what an imposition it is go through security. I gave up. I've read several books by Paul Theroux and enjoyed them; this one was disappointing.