Record Number |
820684 |
ISBN |
9780547525150 |
Author |
Theroux, Paul |
Title |
The great railway bazaar : by train through Asia / Paul Theroux. electronic resource |
Edition |
1st Mariner books ed. |
Publisher/Date |
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006. |
Pagination etc. |
1 online resource (342 pages) |
Contents note |
Previously published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1975. |
Summary Note |
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 humour and wry observations, this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveller. |
Copyright |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. |
Subject - Name |
Theroux, Paul -- Travel -- Asia |
Theroux, Paul fast |
Subject |
Railroads -- Asia |
Asia -- Description and travel |
Asia |
Electronic books. |
Internet Site |
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