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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar
by: Paul Theroux
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 915.04425092
EAN: 9780618418879
ISBN: 0618418873
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: August 18, 2008
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Sales Rank: 2936
Studio: Houghton Mifflin
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Rating: - Quite a constitution and quite a writer.
Considering the number of trips on marginal trains through poor 3rd world countries Paul Theroux has taken it seems to me a tribute to his cast-iron gut that he has even survived this long, and miraculous that he has the stamina to continue going on these journeys. I really thought "Dark Star Safari" would be his last trip, although I'm glad it was not, because I've enjoyed his travel writing through the years. I enjoyed this book, although the original "Great Railway Bazaar" is in some places ... Read More
Rating:  - The Older the Violin, The Sweeter the Music
I have been reading Theroux's travel books for more than 30 years, and I have to say that they and he get better all the time.
This latest book is the funniest, wisest, kindest, most beautifully written of the books. What the author has lost in endurance (he goes to sleep much earlier than ever before) and appetite (he stays pretty much away from the bars), he makes up for in humanness.
Like all the great writers, he's a man on a mission, and the mission is to tell us ... Read More
Rating: - Fast service - good book
The book, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, is an excellent travel book. It does go even further, however, in his many conversations with the people he meets along the way. It is informative and well as entertaining.
Rating: - Return of the king
Theroux returns for a repeat encounter with the people and places that made him thirty years ago with the Great Railway Bazaar. The protagonist has aged from young turk to an itinerant king who hobnobs with luminaries such as Arthur Clark and Murakami in an 'oh by the way' manner amongst his weekly jaunts. The places have similarly 'grown up' from exotic (not always desirably so) to emerging (with increasing prosperity accompanied with a loss of innocence).
The resulting chemistry (in ... Read More
Rating: - Classic Paul Theroux travel book
This book is a great read from one of the best travel writers of the past 35 years. I've read all his travel books and essays and some of his fiction. I voraciously consumed this book in a couple of weeks. If you like travel writing, give this a try. You won't be sorry.
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