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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of 'The Great Railway Bazaar'

  
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 If you want a book about how to travel by train, skip this one. If you want a book about what you'll discover about yourself if you revisit old haunts, you may find this book intriguing enough to propel you back to your former hangouts and to review your memories . . . both painful and pleasant. If you enjoy literary pilgrimages, you'll enjoy several entertaining moments. If you want keen insights into nations you haven't visited, you won't find enough to warrant reading the book. If you want a book of great writing, you will probably be disappointed. Mr. Theroux will wow you now and then with brilliant passages . . . particularly in the beginning and end . . . but mostly it's plain vanilla writing. Why then did I like the book a lot? Mr. Theroux reminded me of a fresh way to look at the world, a way that I used to employ quite often. Let me explain. When I was growing up, my father worked for the Santa Fe Railway and our family had a pass for free travel from California to ... read more.

Written by Paul Theroux.
Published 04 September 2008.
Published by Hamish Hamilton.
rrp £20.00.
496 pages Hardcover.
ISBN: 0241142539
ISBN-13: 9780241142530		 
 
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