The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia [J0071]

1975 - HCDJ, clean, with age-appropriate wear. 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. 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 Theroux 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 humor and wry observations, this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveler.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Wonderful humor and observation. Incredible turns of phrase, written with such a clever touch."; "Great Story, if you are into travelogues. It inspired me to go to one of the places mentioned during a recent trip."; "I liked the wit, the disturbing western-centric perspectives and still showing that humans are just as awkward, interesting and fun in every country you visit."; "Though a bit cynical, I found Theroux's observations to be accurate based on what I know of the locales he visited. I liked his observations and the conversations he mixed into this book. "