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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
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The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

by Theroux, Paul

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ISBN 10
039552105X
ISBN 13
9780395521052
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Mariner Books. Used - Good. Good condition. Slightly dampstained.

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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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Title
The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas
Author
Theroux, Paul
Book Condition
Used - Good
Binding
Trade Paper
ISBN 10
039552105X
ISBN 13
9780395521052
Publisher
Mariner Books
Place of Publication
Boston
This edition first published
1989-11-07

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