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New to PMC for this reissue in Modern Classics, with a NEW preface by Paul Theroux The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux's account of his epic journey by rail...

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Author: Paul TherouxBinding: HardbackPublished: Houghton Mifflin, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis literary volume presents two psychologically charged novellas by Paul Theroux—Doctor Slaughter and Doctor DeMarr—each examining the...

Author: Paul TherouxBinding: HardbackPublished: G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis captivating travelogue, Riding The Iron Rooster: By Train...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Usual aging. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. A landmark work of travel literature, Riding the Iron...

The Family Arsenal is a darkly comic novel of warped morals and disillusionment in South London by the award-winning writer Paul Theroux. In South London terrorists plot. . . Hood,...

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From renowned writer Paul Theroux comes a dazzling novel following a big-wave surfer in Hawaii as he confronts ageing, privilege, mortality and whose lives we choose to remember Joe Sharkey...

A fantastic portrait of 1920s Burma and Thailand by the neglected 20th century master WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUX Somerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge...

Paul Theroux takes us on a riveting journey into the heart of the South, America's other country For the past fifty years, Paul Theroux has travelled to the far corners...

Slade Steadman is the author of a world-famous travel book, but has struggled to match its success for the past thirty years. A journey downriver in a remote eastern province...

New Modern Classics edition with a NEW preface by Paul Theroux The Old Patagonian Express tells of Paul Theroux's train journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A taut and atmospheric thriller set in the grimy backstreets of 1970s...

Author: Paul TherouxBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1984Condition:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsPaul Theroux's Doctor Slaughter presents a compelling narrative of identity and reinvention, following a young...

Author: Paul TherouxBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1978, First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsPicture Palace is a novel by Paul Theroux that delves into the life...

Master travel writer Paul Theroux immerses himself in the fascinating, rich and troubled culture of modern Mexico Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of...

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'A cool and witty sequence . . . a polished and professional performance' Guardian Spencer Savage, a young American consul, is posted to Ayer Hitam, a small Malaysian town, in...

The "old Patagonian Express" was the last train Paul Theroux took in his journey from Boston to Patagonia. Some of the trains were superb, but most were deplorable and the...

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Paul Theroux left Victoria Station on a rainy Saturday in April thinking that taking eight trains across Europe, Eastern Europe, the USSR and Mongolia would be the easy way to...

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Reissuing in Penguin Modern Classics as part of our Paul Bowles relaunch, with a new introduction by Paul Theroux 'The Sheltering Sky is a book about people on the edge...

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Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of short fiction, World's End: And Other Stories presents a collection of sharp, psychologically rich...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: tears along seam of dust jacketAn unforgettable journey across vast landscapes unfolds as a seasoned traveler boards trains that rattle...

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When Julie Farina walks into the tent at the Barnstable County Fair to see Millroy the Magician her life is transformed. Millroy performs miracles in front of her spellbound eyes....

Since its discovery by Magellan in 1520, Patagonia was known as a country of black fogs and whirlwinds at the end of the inhabited world. It immediately lodged itself in...

This cultural history extends to the artistic, literary, linguistic, botanical, cinematic, aesthetic, religious, scientific, culinary, climatological and emotional dimensions of the primary colours. Using poetry, song, fable, opinion, literary criticism,...

Awash with superstition and folklore, the Yangtze river has been an inspiration for more than a thousand years to those who have lived beside it or sailed along it. This...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. S. J. Perelman — the undisputed master...

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Author: Marcel Theroux Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 A world on the brink of catastrophe. A two-thousand-year-old mystery. A lost gospel. A young man flees the drudgery of shopkeeping...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew journeys on earth have captured the imagination quite like the Trans-Siberian Railway, and Eric Newby's The Big...