The Great Railway Bazaar

By Train Through Asia

De: Paul Theroux

Narrado por: Frank Muller

The Great Railway Bazaar is Paul Theroux's account of his epic journey by rail through Asia. Filled with evocative names of legendary train routes; the Direct-Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Delhi Mail from Jaipur, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur, the Hikari Super Express to Kyoto and the Trans-Siberian Express; it describes the many places, cultures, sights and sounds he experienced and the fascinating people he met. Here he overhears snippets of chat and occasional monologues, and is drawn into conversation with fellow passengers, from Molesworth, a British theatrical agent, and Sadik, a shabby Turkish tycoon, while avoiding the forceful approaches of pimps and drug dealers. This wonderfully entertaining travelogue pays loving tribute to the romantic joys of railways and train travel.©1975 Paul Theroux (P)1983 Recorded Books LLC

Paul's best work

This was the book that made Paul famous. It isn't as long as the newer Ghost Train To The Eastern Star, which is also a revisit of this classic Paul Theroux. The description evoke vivid imagery throughout the fast paced trip. The narrator, however was a bit too fast paced. I would have been happier had he slowed down long enough for me to digest Paul's descriptive writing. I have taken the trains in China, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Sri Lanka. All are as dilapidated as Paul says they are, but they are cheap, slow and comfortable. A few of the Chinese trains are very sleek and clean now. The characters are what made these train books so great. I have to wonder if some of them aren't fictional. I met a few interesting people on the trains, but it was mostly traveling salesmen in China. I can speak fairly well, so interacting with the locals is what the train adventure is all about.

What a great story!

Very well written. Funny and entretaining. Frank Muller does an amazing job narrating it! Would recommend!

Best travel book.

Loved it as I do most of his books. I listen to them often Narration was great.

Very funny book ,great story, ruined by narrator

Would you try another book from Paul Theroux and/or Frank Muller?

Any Paul Theroux book yes, not narrated by Frank Muller, wrong person for this author.
I read the physical book and it was so very funny; I could not continue to listen to the overwhelming gravitas of Frank Muller's narration

Would you be willing to try another one of Frank Muller’s performances?

no

Awesome narration ...

This is the best narration job I’ve ever listened to ... Spectacular ... It really puts you where the action is ...