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Highlights
- INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER.
- Author(s): Paul Theroux
- 432 Pages
- Travel, Essays & Travelogues
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About the Book
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux takes readers on a train journey from New England to Patagonia in southernmost Argentina.Book Synopsis
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. The Old Patagonian Express chronicles Paul Theroux's train journey from his home in Boston, Massachusetts to the foot of South America, in 1978. Full of witty and sharp observations, Theroux goes out of his way to talk to as many locals as possible along the way.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 celebrated writer, Jorge Luis Borges, who delights in having Theroux read Robert Louis Stevenson to him.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.38 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: .96 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 432
Genre: Travel
Sub-Genre: Essays & Travelogues
Publisher: Mariner Books Classics
Format: Paperback
Author: Paul Theroux
Language: English
Street Date: November 7, 1989
TCIN: 1001839969
UPC: 9780395521052
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-0251
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.96 pounds
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