The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 72 hours | |Short Description for The Great Railway Bazaar Gives an account of the author's journey by rail through Asia. This work describes the many places, cultures, sights and sounds he experienced and the fascinating people he met. It also shows how he is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers, from Molesworth, while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps and drug dealers.
Full description- Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published: 27 March 2008
- Format: Paperback 400 pages
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- Categories: Travel Writing
- ISBN 13: 9780141189147 ISBN 10: 0141189142
- Sales rank: 9,827
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Full description for The Great Railway Bazaar
"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.
