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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,

I'm beginning to believe that it's just not possible for me to be a fan of Paul Theroux. I've now read three of his books and have

only enjoyed one, and that one only mildly.

Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is the third book of his I've read, and it comes on the tails of reading The Great Railway Bazaar. And really the only different in the two books is a few countries and about 30 years.

In Ghost train to the Eastern Star Theroux attempts to retrace his route through Europe and Asia...

The Great Railway Bazaar

Posted by Jason Hussong on Tuesday, August 18, 2009,

Paul Theroux's The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia has been said to be, by some, the quintessential travel novel. If ever there were one travel book to read, this is supposed to be the one.

So, on the heals of the release of Theroux's Ghost Train to the Eastern Star: On the Tracks of the Great Railway Bazaar, a book that is essentially a sequel to The Great Railway Bazaar, I decided to pick up the first and give it a read before I got in the second.

I felt secure in my pu...