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by Paul Theroux (Author) "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..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (27 Jun 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 014024980X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140249804
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
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The Direct-Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Delhi Mail from Jaipur, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur and the Trans-Siberian Express are just a few of the evocative names that fill this, the story of Paul Theroux's epic journey by rail through India and Asia. It is a journey on which he encounters a huge variety of places and people, foods, faiths and cultures, and which has at its heart an enduring fascination with trains and railways.


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Paul Theroux was born in Medford Massachusetts, in 1941, and published his first novel, WALDO, in 1967. His subsequent novels include Picture Palace, winner of the Whitbread Prize for Fiction, The Mosquito Coast, and the hugely acclaimed, Kowloon Tong. His travel books include The Great Railway Bazaar and The Pillars of Hercules.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Around the world in a train, 5 May 2004
I read this book during a couple of train rides through India. It really captures the meatings you encounter on a train ride in such a country and the feelings you have both before, during and after the trip. The trip kicks off on Victoria Station in London and the authour has this idea about travelling around the world in train, since he realises that they all connects to a giant network. In the beginning he is very enthusiastic about everything, but as time passes by he gets tired and bored. This is especially clear in the last couple of chapters where he simply crosses Russia by almost not mentioning is and all off a sudden he is home. The core of this trip is the meetings with the people and the description of them in the book. The authous is very good at capturing the details and discuss them inside and out.

Overall this book captures a great trip and is both fun, teaching and interesting to read. Entertaining.

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Theroux, 9 Mar 2002
By J. Mcgregor "jiy126" - See all my reviews
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From London to Tokyo by train (where possible) and back through Siberia - it's one hell of a journey, and sometimes it feels like it. The latter chapters especially are written in a kind of "Oh, let's get this over with" style, and you don't learn much about either Russia or Russians, except that there's so much snow and cold it drives everyone to drink. The earlier chapters are more enjoyable, and his account of Japan's sex and death fascination is quite an insight. The chapters on Vietnam and India are also enjoyable, and you have the impression that he wasn't as bored and lonely in these places as he becomes later.
Although this book was written in 1975, there are very few references to contemporary events, so I didn't have the feeling (reading it in 2002) that it was nearly thirty years old. No doubt everything has changed since then, and I'd like to read a more up to date account of the trip. Having read quite a few of Theroux's travelogues, I think he's mellowed with age and maybe if he went the other way 'round next time, London - Moscow - Tokyo - Calcutta - Kabul, he'd be kinder to many of those that he meets. Of course, it wouldn't be quite as entertaining then!
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5.0 out of 5 stars An intruiging fly on the wall account on a lot of trains!, 2 Feb 2001
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Theroux sets off again in search of a distant destination - back home again - with the aim of observing life at all levels on the way. Leaving London, with a touch of intrepidation and a group of oddball passengers as companions, Theroux embarks on a trip involving stamina, audacity, several timetables and an insatiable nosiness. He penetrates into individual lives as if they represent newsagents magazines - picking them up, describing 2 or 3 pages of colour and animation, as well as the occasional irreverent advertisement - before leaving them unopened, picking up another. This window into the lives of those he stumbles across gives us glimpses into each culture encountered, though his questioning becomes a little repetitive, unifying some of the answers artificially. Overall a fascinating book, if only for the accounts of the terrifying nature of having to share a railway compartment with others, especially at night....
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2.0 out of 5 stars I must have missed something
This book came highly recommended to me and I was expecting much more than I got.

First, the things I liked: Theroux is a very good storyteller and this book carried... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Travel writing uncluttered by the need to see anyhting
After being bowled over by Mosquito Coast (1980), which is a terrific novel, I went on to read two of Theroux's travel books - first The Happy Isles of Oceania (1992) and then The... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Grumpy Travels of a Fine Writer

I recently read Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (which re-creates the trip described in The Great Railway Bazaar and comments on the earlier trip). Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Grumpy Travels of a Fine Writer

I recently read Ghost Train to the Eastern Star (which re-creates the trip described in The Great Railway Bazaar and comments on the earlier trip). Read more
Published 9 months ago by Professor Donald Mitchell

4.0 out of 5 stars Gloriously Grumpy
He writes marvellously - the evocations of places and people are beautifully pitched. I've been to some of the parts of India Mr T went to, and his writing took me straight back... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Journey to the ends of the Earth (and back) - 9/10
The fifth Paul Theroux travel book I have read, `The Great Railway Bazaar` is in fact his first and arguably most rewarding. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars The best travel writer around
I've had a long standing aversion to travel writing, but having read some of Theroux's fiction and autobiographical writing before, I decided to give this a go when I saw it lying... Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars GENTEEL VOYEURS
It hardly needs repeating that Paul Theroux is an exceptionally gifted writer. Moreover, this is a very skilfully written story, full of original and acute perceptions put across... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dream like
This is much better than I expected it to be.
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