The acclaimed author recounts his epic journey across Europe and Asia in this international bestselling classic of travel literature: ';Compulsive reading' (Graham Greene). In 1973, Paul Theroux embarked on a four-month journey by train from the United Kingdom through Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. In The Great Railway Bazaar, he records in vivid detail and penetrating insight the many fascinating incidents, adventures, and encounters of his grand, intercontinental tour. Asias fabled trainsthe Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Frontier Mail, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Mandalay Express, the Trans-Siberian Expressare the stars of a journey that takes Theroux on a loop eastbound from Londons Victoria Station to Tokyo Central, then back from Japan on the Trans-Siberian. Brimming with Therouxs signature humor and wry observations, this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveler.
| ISBN: | 9780547525150 |
| Publication date: | 1st June 2006 |
| Author: | Theroux, Paul |
| Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |