The old Patagonian express: by train through the Americas / Paul Theroux; [endpaper maps by Richard Sanderson]
by Theroux, Paul
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0241102855
- ISBN 13
- 9780241102855
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Synopsis
Starting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds up on the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, which comes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thorn bushes. But with Theroux the view along the way is what matters: the monologuing Mr. Thornberry in Costa Rica, the bogus priest of Cali, and the blind Jorge Luis Borges, who delights in having Theroux read Robert Louis Stevenson to him.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 366592
- Title
- The old Patagonian express: by train through the Americas / Paul Theroux; [endpaper maps by Richard Sanderson]
- Author
- Theroux, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241102855
- ISBN 13
- 9780241102855
- Publisher
- London: Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
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