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The Old Patagonian Express
by THEROUX, Paul
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. First American Edition. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); green cloth, with titling and decorations stamped in yellow on spine and front cover; map endpapers; dustjacket; 404pp. Hint of sunning at crown, else a Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $11.95), with two tiny nicks at crown and some trivial wear to extremities, else Near Fine. Narrative of Theroux's railway journey through South America.
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
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51595
- Title
- The Old Patagonian Express
- Author
- THEROUX, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1979
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Fine
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