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The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

by Paul Theroux
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The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

Evocative train journey across Asia’s diverse landscapes.

If the call of distant lands and the romance of train travel stir your imagination, "The Great Railway Bazaar" is a ticket to adventure. Paul Theroux offers wittiness and sharp observations that bring the varied cultures and characters encountered on Asia's iconic rail lines to vivid life, making it a must-read for anyone who dreams of a grand tour from the comfort of home.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

by Paul Theroux
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ISBN: 9780618658947
Authors: Paul Theroux
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Date of Publication: 2006-06-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Travel, Biographies & Memoirs, History
Related Topics: Memoir, History, Adventure, Travelogue, Memoir, Biography, Asia
Goodreads rating: 3.9
(rated by 21057 readers)

Description

First published in 1975, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of travel literature. Here Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. Asia's fabled trains -- the Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Frontier Mail, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Mandalay Express, the Trans-Siberian Express -- are the stars of a journey that takes him on a loop eastbound from London's Victoria Station to Tokyo Central, then back from Japan on the Trans-Siberian. Brimming with Theroux's signature humor and wry keen observations, this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveler.
 

Evocative train journey across Asia’s diverse landscapes.

If the call of distant lands and the romance of train travel stir your imagination, "The Great Railway Bazaar" is a ticket to adventure. Paul Theroux offers wittiness and sharp observations that bring the varied cultures and characters encountered on Asia's iconic rail lines to vivid life, making it a must-read for anyone who dreams of a grand tour from the comfort of home.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.