{"product_id":"great-railway-bazaar","title":"Great Railway Bazaar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux''s classic and much-loved homage to train travel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Orient Express; The Khyber Pass Local; the Delhi Mail from Jaipur; the Golden Arrow of Kuala; the Trans-Siberian Express; these are just some of the trains steaming through Paul Theroux''s epic rail journey from London across Europe through India and Asia.  This was a trip of discovery made in the mid-seventies, a time before the West had embraced the places, peoples, food, faiths and cultures of the East.  For us now, as much as for Theroux then, to visit the lands of \u003ci\u003eThe Great Railway Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e is an encounter with all that is truly foreign and exotic - and with what we have since lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Paul Theroux:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Theroux''s work remains the standard by which other travel writing must be judged''  \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''One needs energy to keep up with the extraordinary, productive restlessness of Paul Theroux ... [He is] the most gifted, most prodigal writer of his generation''  Jonathan Raban\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Always a terrific teller of tales and conjurer of exotic locales, he writes lean prose that lopes along at a compelling pace''  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Theroux''s books include \u003ci\u003eDark Star Safari\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGhost Train to the Eastern Star\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRiding the Iron Rooster\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Railway Bazaar,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Elephanta Suite\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Dead Hand, The Tao of Travel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lower River\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Mosquito Coast\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDr Slaughter\u003c\/i\u003e have both been made into successful films. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57320069857662,"sku":"NW9780141038841","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141038841.jpg?v=1778236024","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/great-railway-bazaar","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}