num_pages: 464
description: Paul Theroux invites you to join him on the journey of a lifetime, in the grand romantic tradition, by train across Europe, through the vast underbelly of Asia and in the heart of Russia, and then up to China. Here is China by rail, as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of one of the most intrepid and insightful travel writers of our time.
language: English
title: Riding the Iron Rooster
titlecomplete: Riding the Iron Rooster
genres: China, Adventure, History, Travelogue, Travel, Trains, Asia, Biography Memoir, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 9039
places: China, Russia
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
publisher: Ivy Books