The "Old Patagonian Express" was the last train Paul Theroux took in his journey from Boston to Patagonia. Some trains were superb, most were deplorable. It was a journey of contrasts in people, in temperature, in scenery, in altitude, and in attitude. The people were extraordinary, eccentric, replusive and individualistic. There was the appalling Mr Thornberry, the bogus priest in Cali and the blind writer, Borges, in Buenos Aires. Paul Theroux has also written "The Great Railway Bazaar".
- ISBN10 0671648497
- ISBN13 9780671648497
- Publish Date 1 December 1980
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Washington Square Press
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Language English