The Great Railway Bazaar Av Paul Theroux

<p><b>The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux''s classic and much-loved homage to train travel.<br></b><br>The 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 Theroux''s 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 <i>The Great Railway Bazaar</i> is an encounter with all that is truly foreign and exotic - and with what we have since lost.<br><br>Praise for Paul Theroux:<br><br>''Theroux''s work remains the standard by which other travel writing must be judged'' <i>Observer</i><br><br>''One 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 Raban<br><br>''Always a terrific teller of tales and conjurer of exotic locales, he writes lean prose that lopes along at a compelling pace'' <i>Sunday Times<br></i><br>Paul Theroux''s books include <i>Dark Star Safari</i>, <i>Ghost Train to the Eastern Star</i>, <i>Riding the Iron Rooster</i>, <i>The Great Railway Bazaar,</i> <i>The Elephanta Suite</i>, <i>A Dead Hand, The Tao of Travel</i> and <i>The Lower River</i>. <i>The Mosquito Coast</i> and <i>Dr Slaughter</i> have both been made into successful films. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.</p>