The Old Patagonian Express: By Train through the Americas
by Theroux, Paul
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0671836536
- ISBN 13
- 9780671836535
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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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
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039891
- Title
- The Old Patagonian Express: By Train through the Americas
- Author
- Theroux, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus 1st Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0671836536
- ISBN 13
- 9780671836535
- Publisher
- Pocket Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U. S. A.
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 478
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- America - Description And Travel; Railroad Travel - America; Theroux, Paul - Travel - America. General
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