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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Author(s): Paul Theroux

Location(s): Central Asia, Eastern Europe, South East Asia

Genre(s): Travelogue

Era(s): Modern

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Thirty years ago Paul Theroux left London and travelled across Asia and back again by train. His account of the journey – The Great Railway Bazaar – was a landmark book and made his name as the foremost travel writer of his generation. Now Theroux makes the trip all over again to discover the changes that have swept the continents, and also learn what an old man will make of a young man’s adventure. Covering his journey through Eastern Europe and Asia, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is a brilliant chronicle of change and an exploration of how travel is ‘the saddest of pleasures’.

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‘A dazzler, giving us the highs and lows of his journey with tenderness and acerbic humour…fellow travelling weirdoes, amateur taxi drivers, bar-girls and long-suffering locals are brought vividly to life’ Spectator

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