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The Old Patagonian Express
by Paul Theroux
From Boston to the tip of South America by train, including tea with Borges in Buenos Aires. Theroux's second great rail book.
Read it if…
you want the Americas by rail.
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Skip it if…
you want upbeat travel.
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Three things you will actually use
- Go all the way.
- Talk to strangers.
- Arrival is anticlimax.
Do this first
Read the Borges chapter.
Our verdict
Theroux's Americas.
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