Marrakech Express - by Peter Millar (Paperback)

About the Book

Peter Millar uses what is now the country's best visited tourist destination as the embarkation point for a train journey through this exotic, diverse, and challenging North African country.

Book Synopsis

Back in 1969 when Morocco's ancient capital was a hashish clouded happy mecca, Crosby, Stills and Nash recorded their cheesy (and hopelessly inaccurate) foot-tapping anthem 'Marrakech Express'. A generation on, award-winning journalist, author, and one-time glamrock fan Peter Millar uses what is now the country's best visited tourist destination as the embarkation point for a literally reverse-engineered train journey through this still exotic, diverse and challenging North African country, struggling to maintain its unique blend of tradition and tolerance in the turbulent winds of the Arab Spring.

Review Quotes

"A well-experienced, well-written account of one of the few remaining stable countries in the Arab world." -- Library Journal "Library Journal"

"The culture and landscape of Morocco are showcased in this frequently humorous chronicle of Millar's journey by train through the country." -- World Literature Today "World Literature Today"

About the Author

Peter Millar was an award-winning Northern Irish journalist, author and translator, and was a correspondent for Reuters, Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph. He was named Foreign Correspondent of the Year for his reporting on the dying stages of the Cold War, his account of which - 1989: The Berlin Wall, My Part in its Downfall - was named 'best read' by The Economist.