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Classical in form, cool, warm and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Paul Theroux
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 353
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Penguin Books, Limited, Books on Tape
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- English, Chinese
- ISBN
- 9780140071818
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First sentence
“EVERYONE seemed to be going to China that year, or else writing rude things about the Arabs, or being frank about Africa.”
About Paul Theroux · 1941
**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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