The Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul Theroux is a journey from London to Asia by train. As the winner of the Stanford Dolman Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing in 2020, Theroux recalls the route he traveled thirty years ago, where he crossed Asia and returned. His literary tribute to this initial journey - The Great Railway Bazaar - established his reputation as the leading travel writer of his generation. Now, Theroux retraces his journey through Eastern Europe, India, and Asia to discover the changes that have occurred and to understand how an older man approaches the journey of a young man. The Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is an exquisite chronicle of change and an exploration of how travel constitutes "the saddest pleasure."

Theroux, with his great descriptive ability and vivid writing, brings to life selves, taxi drivers, bar girls, and patient locals. His writing is characterized by an immediate, vivid, and tender quality.

Paul Theroux's books include Dark Star Safari, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Elephanta Suite, A Dead Hand, The Tao of Travel, and The Lower River. The titles The Mosquito Coast and Dr Slaughter have been successfully adapted to film. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian Islands.

Pages: 496, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm