{"product_id":"ghost-train-to-the-eastern-star","title":"Ghost Train to the Eastern Star","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Theroux's \u003ci\u003eGhost Train to the Eastern Star\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey from London to Asia by train. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Stanford Dolman Lifetime Contribution to Travel Writing Award 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty years ago Paul Theroux left London and travelled across Asia and back again by train. His account of the journey - The Great Railway Bazaar - was a landmark book and made his name as the foremost travel writer of his generation. Now Theroux makes the trip all over again. Through Eastern Europe, India and Asia to discover the changes that have swept the continents, and also to learn what an old man will make of a young man's journey. \u003ci\u003eGhost Train to the Eastern Star\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant chronicle of change and an exploration of how travel is 'the saddest of pleasures'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A dazzler, giving us the highs and lows of his journey and tenderness and acerbic humour . . . fellow-travelling weirdoes, amateur taxi drivers, bar-girls and long-suffering locals are brought vividly to life' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fans of Theroux are not likely to be disappointed. Theroux has great descriptive skill . . . the world is slightly less unknown by virtue of reading the book'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Relaxed, curious, confident, surprisingly tender. Theroux's writing has an immediate, vivid and cursory quality that gives it a collective strength'  \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A brilliant eye, readable and vivid. Theroux has still got it'  \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating, a joy to read'  \u003ci\u003eTatler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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":"HOLIDAY BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":52998550061392,"sku":"9780141015729","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/3834\/5940\/files\/unnamed_c0ace47b-1b99-44f1-bc38-7666f5284505.jpg?v=1778551018","url":"https:\/\/holiday-books.de\/products\/ghost-train-to-the-eastern-star","provider":"HOLIDAY BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}