The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through The Americas
by Paul Theroux
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 039552105X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395521052
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'Like good conversation, a good travel book consists of two kinds of material: narrative and comment... Theroux's comments come in the form of little essays. Interesting as these excursions are, his narrative is better... and his dialogue best of all'.
New York Times
Synopsis
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds up on the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, which comes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thorn bushes. But with Theroux the view along the way is what matters: the monologuing Mr. Thornberry in Costa Rica, the bogus priest of Cali, and the blind Jorge Luis Borges, who delights in having Theroux read Robert Louis Stevenson to him.
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- Bookseller
- Ivy Court Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100
- Title
- The Old Patagonian Express
- Author
- Paul Theroux
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1997
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 039552105X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395521052
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1989-11-07
- Pages
- 404
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