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

Author: Paul Theroux Year: 1979 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Travel, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780140249798 9780395521052 0140249796 039552105X

A witty sharply observed journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning his journey in Boston, where he boarded the subway commuter train, and catching trains of all kinds on the way, Paul Theroux tells of his voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts and Illinois to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip. Sweating and shivering by turns as the temperature and altitude shoot up and down, thrown in with the appalling Mr Thornberry in Limón and reading nightly to the blind writer, Borges, in Buenos Aires, Theroux vividly evokes the contrasts of a journey "to the end of the line". Similar books: The Kingdom by the Sea by Paul Theroux On the Plain of Snakes by Paul Theroux Fresh-Air Fiend by Paul Theroux Sunrise With Seamonsters by Paul Theroux In Trouble Again by Redmond O'Hanlon The Pillars of Hercules by Paul Theroux In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Palin Equator by Thurston Clarke Full Circle by Michael Palin Vagabonding by Rolf Potts Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul Theroux Pole To Pole by Michael Palin A Woman's Passion for Travel by Marybeth Bond To the Ends of the Earth by Paul Theroux The Rough Guide to First-Time Around the World by Doug Lansky Along the Edge of America by Peter Jenkins The Tao of Travel by Paul Theroux New Roadside America by Doug Kirby Bad Trips by Keath Fraser