 For In Patagonia Chatwin received the Hawthornden Prize and the E. M. Forster Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters . Graham Greene , Patrick Leigh Fermor , and Paul Theroux praised the book . As a result of the success of In Patagonia , Chatwin 's circle of friends expanded to include individuals such as Jacqueline Onassis , Susan Sontag , and Jasper Johns . 
