false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171993786m/130515.jpg 130515 26 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 way is what matters: the monologuing Mr. Thornberry in Costa Rica, the bogus priest of Cali, and the blind Jorge Luis Borges, who delights in having Theroux read Robert Louis Stevenson to him. 1197157 book 1979 The Old Patagonian Express total:535|5:128|4:232|3:133|2:31|1:11| 535 2040 755 57 1 2 false false Wed May 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 12:58:51 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 08:36:11 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jan 18 17:51:41 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 17:52:40 -0800 2009 2 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 27 10:25:44 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 27 10:34:18 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 25 20:56:52 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 19:54:40 -0700 2008
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The author is in no way sympathetic and is the worst person possible to write a travel book.....

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