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The Great Railway Bazaar
by Paul Theroux
London to Tokyo and back by train in 1973: the Orient Express, Khyber Pass, Trans-Siberian. The book that revived travel writing.
Read it if…
you want the classic train journey.
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Skip it if…
you want Theroux's gentler side.
Try instead: The Old Patagonian Express →
Three things you will actually use
- Travel is the journey.
- Trains reveal countries.
- Discomfort makes the book.
Do this first
Read the Trans-Siberian chapters.
Our verdict
Theroux's trains.
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