The Old Patagonian Express
by Theroux, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG : in very good condition with dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0241102855
- ISBN 13
- 9780241102855
- Seller
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Alnwick, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Barter Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- thx30a
- Title
- The Old Patagonian Express
- Author
- Theroux, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Brown hardback cloth cover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG : in very good condition with dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0241102855
- ISBN 13
- 9780241102855
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Travel, First Editions
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
Terms of Sale
Barter Books Ltd
We run a 'no quibble' returns policy. If we have made any error of collation or missed any significant flaw, or if we have failed to describe the condition honestly and accurately, we refund the cost of the book in full, plus the cost of outward shipping, plus the cost of your return shipping.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- VG
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- Cloth
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