- Description and travel, Journeys, Descriptions et voyages, Chemins de fer
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.
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Classical in form, cool, earnest and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Paul Theroux
- First published
- 1975
- Pages
- 354
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers, Penguin Classics, Ballantine Books
- Editions
- 35
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780547525150
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“"EVER since childhood, when I lived within earshot of the Boston and Maine, I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it."”
**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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