The great railway bazaar: by train through Asia
First published more than thirty years ago, 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 Vict…
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- Full title :The great railway bazaar : by train through Asia / Paul Theroux.
Summary
First published more than thirty years ago, 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 observations, this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveler.
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- Publication Date:2006.
- Edition:1st Mariner books ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication:Boston
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
Notes
Previously published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1975.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (342 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780547525150, 054752515X, 9780141930763, 0141930764
- oclc:ocn759581591
- LC Classification:DS10
- Dewey Decimal:915.04/43
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