The Great Railway Bazaar

By Train Through Asia

Paul Theroux, Paul Theroux

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Penguin
26 September 2008

Travel & holiday; Travel writing

Paul Theroux's world-famous and well-loved homage to train travel brought to you in a stunning new cover

The Orient Express; The Khyber Pass Local; the Delhi Mail from Jaipur; the Golden Arrow of Kuala; the Trans-Siberian Express; these are just some of the trains steaming through Paul Theroux's epic rail journey from London across Europe through India and Asia.

This was a trip of discovery made in the mid-seventies, a time before the West had embraced the places, peoples, food, faiths and cultures of the East.

For us now, as much as for Theroux then, to visit the lands of The Great Railway Bazaar is an encounter with all that is truly foreign and exotic - and with what we have since lost.

By: Paul Theroux
Foreword by: Paul Theroux
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 269g
ISBN: 9780141038841
ISBN 10: 0141038845
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 26 September 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Paul Theroux was born in Medford Massachusetts, in 1941, and published his first novel, Waldo, in 1967. His subsequent novels include Picture Palace, winner of the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, The Mosquito Coast, and the hugely acclaimed, Kowloon Tong. His travel books include The Great Railway Bazaar and The Pillars of Hercules.

Reviews for The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

One of the most entertaining books I have read in a long while ... Superb comic detail -- Angus Wilson Observer He has done our travelling for us brilliantly William Golding