Around the World in 22 Books
The Old Patagonian Express: by
Train Through the Americas by Paul Theroux
First published in 1979.
This edition by Penguin.
Beginning his journey in Boston, where
he boarded the subway commuter train, and catching trains of all kinds
on the way, Paul Theroux tells of his voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts
and Illinois to the arid plateau of Argentina’s most southerly tip,
along the way encountering a cast of fascinating characters and extraordinary
landscapes. The journey from Boston to Patagonia is one of startling contrasts
- in culture, climate, landscape, in altitude and attitude.
