Great Railway Bazaar Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Love this book-I keep re reading it and never tire.reading Theroux is my favorite vicarious pleasure. "

" Written before his dyspepsia became twisted and cancerous. Mildly funny, not much use if you plan on visiting Asia by train, but indispensable if you plan on being cooped up with a young Paul Theroux for three months in a railway carriage. "

" I had to take a break - I read two Latin American authors this week full of mass graves and brutal killings. I saw its pretty orange and red dust jacket on my shelf and remembered I hadn't read it, so I started in. So far, it has been just the thing to clear the mind. "

" Travel writing! It's good for when you're traveling. "

" Brief, brutal, honest and witty. "

" Oh, he is sooo arrogant, and yet I soooo enjoy his obnoxious obervations because they aren't sugar coated. Travel isn't sugar coated when you do it the right way and so I feel I can relate to many aspects of his experience. My opinion. "

" Dull. Too much concerned with what he drank and smoked. A pity. Should have been really interesting. Anecdotes were ho hum, I've heard that before. Perhaps 40 years ago they would have raised some eyebrows. "

" made ma wanna jump into trans-siberian express and vanish with time! "

" This book brought back vivid memories of when I was in India in the early 70's. He gives a realistic description of the people, landscape and some history of all the countries he visits. He was a bit wordy and this was not easy to read, but I do think it was worth the effort. "

" A greta travellers tale, through much of SE Asia as I knew it. Evocative of my earlier travels through the region and beautifully written. It transported me back to another time. "

" Made we want to travel more by train. "

" I loved the book when i read it over 20-25 years back. Travel writing has travelled a long way since then and I couldn't re-read the book. "

" I have a feeling I'm in the minority here, but I don't enjoy Theroux's writing style. Or maybe I just don't like him. Either way, I had to force myself through the book, and ended feeling vaguely depressed and grumpy. "

" Interesting travel memoir, but reads like a product of the 70's cultural era. "

" A challenging but fascinating read as Theroux appears to hate the places he visits and despises the people he meets. "

" Horrible. I wish I could give it negative stars. "

" An entertaining travelogue through Europe and (mostly) Asia. Theroux doesn't take himself too seriously which makes the book even more enjoyable, although the world is very different compared to the era in which he traversed it. "

" This was my first Paul Theroux and I was utterly captivated by the way he noted his place in time and the people that he met. He is introspective as well as perceptive about his own motives and actions along the way and how travel alters reality, kind of. How going is better than staying. "

" Oh, he is sooo arrogant, and yet I soooo enjoy his obnoxious obervations because they aren't sugar coated. Travel isn't sugar coated when you do it the right way and so I feel I can relate to many aspects of his experience. My opinion. "

" Great writer, really vivid description. He takes trains through Europe, Middle East, Asia, Japan, Siberia, etc., but sometimes there were countries I just didn't want to see any more of with him, not everything is pretty or fascinating --I wish he'd skipped some stuff. "

" I liked Theroux's other travel books better. This is one of his classics and you can already see his bitterness. No one makes travel sound more like something to endure. "

" Brilliant travelogue full of wry and dark humor, contains the sense of mystery and adventure these trains and geography contain historically. Nuanced with a moments that have to be read and savored. His first probably best book "

" I could read this over and over again loved it "

" What Sgt. Pepper's is to rock, or Kind of Blue is to jazz. There's just something about it; it's larger than the sum of its parts. "

" I had to take a break - I read two Latin American authors this week full of mass graves and brutal killings. I saw its pretty orange and red dust jacket on my shelf and remembered I hadn't read it, so I started in. So far, it has been just the thing to clear the mind. "

" A very early Theroux (copyright 1975). I had not noticed Theroux’s snarky tone until it was pointed out to me repeatedly by my fellow bloggers while I was reading this book. I like it, nevertheless. "