The Old Patagonian Express : By Train Through the Americas
by Paul Theroux
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- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671467409
- ISBN 13
- 9780671467401
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About This Item
Washington Square Press, 1982. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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
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- Title
- The Old Patagonian Express : By Train Through the Americas
- Author
- Paul Theroux
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671467409
- ISBN 13
- 9780671467401
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
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