The Great Railway Bazaar

From legendary writer Paul Theroux an epic journey across Europe and Asia in this international best-selling classic of travel literature: Funny sardonic wonderfully sensuous and evocative...consistently entertaining.--<em>New York Times Book Review</em><br/><br/>In 1973 Paul Theroux embarked on a four-month journey by train from the United Kingdom through Europe the Middle East and Southeast Asia. In <em>The Great Railway Bazaar </em>he records in vivid detail and penetrating insight the many fascinating incidents adventures and encounters of his grand intercontinental tour.<br/><br/>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 Theroux 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 observations this engrossing chronicle is essential reading for both the ardent adventurer and the armchair traveler.