First edition, first printing (full number line). Penguin Modern Classics, Paperback, 448 pages.
A near fine(-) jacket housed in arhival myalr. The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas (Paperback) Published March 27th 2008 by Penguin Books Ltd. Very tiny closed tear to front DJ edge, light soiling. Theroux describes reading to Borges, who by that stage had gone blind, and of being taken by him arm in arm through the streets of the city. Contents: The Lake Shore Limited - The Lone Star - The Aztec Eagle - El Jarocho to Veracruz - The passenger train to Tapachula - The 7:30 to Guatemala City - The 7:00 Zacapa - The railcar to San Salvador - The local to Cutuco - The Atlantic Railway : the 12:00 to Limón - The Pacific Railway : the 10:00 to Puntarenas - The Balboa Bullet to Colón - The Expreso del Sol to Bogotá - The Expreso Calima - The Autoferro to Guayagquil - El Tren de la Sierra - The passenger train to Machu Picchu - El Panamericano - Las Estrella del Norte ("The North Star") to Buenos Aires - The Buenos Aires Subterranean - The Lagos del Sur ("Lakes of the South") Express - The Old Patagonian Express. He won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020.Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands. || An account of Theroux's trip by train from Boston to Bogota, Columbia. The Old Patagonian Express chronicles Paul Theroux’s train journey from his home in Boston, Massachusetts to the foot of South America, in 1978. Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. The Old Patagonian Express tells of Paul Theroux’s train journey down the length of North and South America.
Octavo in white color illus DJ, 404 pages, b&w illustrations, brown-ink maps on lining papers, 24 cm.
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