Other editions of book The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia

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

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.

In this unique and luminous work that spent two months on The New York Times bestseller list, award-winning author and railroad-lover Paul Theroux takes us aboard the world's greatest trains -- the Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Golden Arrow, the Mandalay Express -- on an odyssey from London through Europe and Asia, across the frozen vastness of Siberia. And his eye misses no wonder of landscape or character: con men, holy men, beggars, spies, smugglers, soldiers, aristocrats, and artists. From mystical temples to sensual brothels, Theroux savors the delights of travel, as Asia becomes a bazaar of all cultures.

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.