The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas (Penguin Audiobooks)
by Paul Theroux
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Author: Paul TherouxContributor: William Hootkins
Edition: Audio Cassette
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook
Published: 1997-06-01
ISBN: 0140861084
Number of pages: 2
Publisher: Penguin Audio
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Book Review: From Boston to Patagonia by Train
Summary: 5 Stars
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From Boston to Patagonia by train. What an adventure. As I wrote in my review of the "Great Railway Bazaar," treat yourself to traveling the easy way and read one of Paul Theroux's books.
Peter Mathiessen described the "Old Patagonian Express" perfectly: "Sharp-eyed, honest, and exceptionally well-written...an implacable landscape, conveyed through a series of marvelous encounters."
Summary of The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas (Penguin Audiobooks)
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.Travel Books
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