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Classical in form, contemporary, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Paul Theroux, Robin Waterfield
- First published
- 1995
- Pages
- 382
- Publisher
- Hamilton, Avon Books (Mm), Houghton Mifflin
- Editions
- 34
- Language
- German, French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9780582418141
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“WE DROVE past Tiny Polski's mansion house to the main road, and then the five miles into Northampton, Father talking the whole way about savages and the awfulness of America - how it got turned into a dope-taking, door-locking, ulcerated danger zone of rabid scavengers and criminal millionaires and moral sneaks.”
**Paul Edward Theroux** is an American novelist and travel writer who has written numerous books, including the travelogue The Great Railway Bazaar (1975).
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