 Publisher :
Ballantine Books
Published Date : 1988
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Please go to Paul Theroux.com's new site, Paul TherouxFree Computer Help Forum The world seems to grow smaller every day. Travelers
cross oceans and continents in the blink of an eye. But the world is
not so small that there is no room left for adventure and discovery.
In Riding The Iron Rooster Paul Theroux invites you to join him on
the journey of a lifetime— a journey in the grand romantic
tradition.
Vowing
to reach the other side of the world without jet lag, Theroux began
his odyssey in London. He traveled by train across Europe, through
the vast underbelly of Asia, and into the heart of Russia. But the
crown jewel of his journey was China itself. Here is a magnificent
land and an extraordinary people as you have never before known
them: China by rail, as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of
one of the most intrepid and insightful travel writers of our time |
