Books with title The great railway bazaar: by train through Asia

First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of travel literature. Here Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. 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 him 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.

The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux's account of his epic journey by rail through Asia. Filled with evocative names of legendary train routes - the Direct-Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Delhi Mail from Jaipur, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Hikari Super Express to Kyoto, and the Trans-Siberian Express - it describes the many places, cultures, sights, and sounds he experienced and the fascinating people he met. Here he overhears snippets of chat and occasional monologues, and is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers, from Molesworth, a British theatrical agent, and Sadik, a shabby Turkish tycoon, while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps and drug dealers. This wonderfully entertaining travelogue pays loving tribute to the romantic joys of railways and train travel.

First published more than thirty years ago, Paul Theroux's strange, unique, and hugely entertaining railway odyssey has become a modern classic of travel literature. Here Theroux recounts his early adventures on an unusual grand continental tour. 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 him 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.

The great railway bazaar is paul therouxs classic and much-loved homage to train travelthe orient express; the khyber pass local; the delhi mail from jaipur; the golden arrow of kuala; the trans-siberian express; these are just some of the trains steaming through paul therouxs epic rail journey from london across europe through india and asia this was a trip of discovery made in the mid-seventies, a time before the west had embraced the places, peoples, food, faiths and cultures of the east for us now, as much as for theroux then, to visit the lands of the great railway bazaar is an encounter with all that is truly foreign and exotic - and with what we have since lostpraise for paul theroux:therouxs work remains the standard by which other travel writing must be judged observerone needs energy to keep up with the extraordinary, productive restlessness of paul theroux [he is] the most gifted, most prodigal writer of his generation jonathan rabanalways a terrific teller of tales and conjurer of exotic locales, he writes lean prose that lopes along at a compelling pace sunday timespaul therouxs books include dark star safari, ghost train to the eastern star, riding the iron rooster, the great railway bazaar, the elephanta suite, a dead hand, the tao of travel and the lower river the mosquito coast and dr slaughter have both been made into successful films paul theroux divides his time between cape cod and the hawaiian islands

Footloose American Paul Theroux sets out from London's Victoria Station to span the breadth of two continents. His eye misses no marvel of landscape or humanity - con men, holy men, beggars, spies, smugglers, simpletons, soldiers, prostitutes, thieves, politicians, aristocrats and artists.... All Asia becomes a bazaar of cultures - from Kali temple to a Madras brothel. Come along on - The Great Railwat Bazaar.