The Great Railway Bazaar. By Train Through Asia

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: Reprint

Description: 379 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux's account of his epic journey by rail through Asia. Filled with evocative names of legendary train routes - the Direct-Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Delhi Mail from Jaipur, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Hikari Super Express to Kyoto and the Trans-Siberian Express - it describes the many places, cultures, sights and sounds he experienced and the fascinating people he met. Here he overhears snippets of chat and occasional monologues, and is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers, from Molesworth, a British theatrical agent, and Sadik, a shabby Turkish tycoon, while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps and drug dealers. This wonderfully entertaining travelogue pays loving tribute to the romantic joys of railways and train travel.

ISBN: 9780141189147