num_pages: 342
description: First published in 1975 Paul Theroux's strange unique and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of travel literature. Here Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. Asia's fabled trains -- the Orient Express the Khyber Pass Local the Frontier Mail the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur the Mandalay Express the Trans-Siberian Express -- are the stars of a journey that takes him on a loop eastbound from London's Victoria Station to Tokyo Central then back from Japan on the Trans-Siberian. Brimming with Theroux's signature humor and wry keen observations this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveler.
language: English
title: The Great Railway Bazaar
publisher: Mariner Books