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Starting 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 wContinue
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- English Books
- Hardcover 432 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0140249796
- ISBN-13: 9780140249798
- Publisher: Penguin Books
- Pub date: Jun 01, 1999
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 774 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Audio Cassette, Others and eBook
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| 9780140249798 | Hardcover | $15.60 | $14.70 | The Book Depository |
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