{"product_id":"the-old-patagonian-express-by-train-through-the-americas-paperback","title":"The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Theroux\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. The Old Patagonian Express chronicles Paul Theroux's train journey from his home in Boston, Massachusetts to the foot of South America, in 1978. Full of witty and sharp observations, Theroux goes out of his way to talk to as many locals as possible along the way.\u003cbr\u003eStarting with a rush-hour subway ride to South Station in Boston to catch the Lake Shore Limited to Chicago, Theroux winds up on the poky, wandering Old Patagonian Express steam engine, which comes to a halt in a desolate land of cracked hills and thorn bushes. But, with Theroux, the view along the way is what matters: the monologuing Mr. Thornberry in Costa Rica, the bogus priest of Cali, and the celebrated writer, Jorge Luis Borges, who delights in having Theroux read Robert Louis Stevenson to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.38 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":61843244155250,"sku":"9780395521052","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/6485\/2594\/files\/MFAxK3FSK3Fra0JCS2tySzFmbHNhdz09.webp?v=1778453633","url":"https:\/\/shop.tecolotebookstore.com\/products\/the-old-patagonian-express-by-train-through-the-americas-paperback","provider":"Tecolote","version":"1.0","type":"link"}