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The Old Patagonian Express

By: Paul Theroux
Narrated by: Norman Dietz
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The Old Patagonian Express tells of Paul Theroux's train journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston's subway, he depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip.

Shivering and sweating by turns as the temperature and altitude rise and plummet, he describes the people he encountered - the tedious Mr Thornberry in Limón and reading to the legendary blind writer, Jorge Luis Borges, in Buenos Aires.

©1979 Cape Cod Scriveners Company (P)1986 Recorded Books Inc
Adventure Travel Travel Writing & Commentary Latin America

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"One of the most entrancing travel books written in our time." ( Financial Times)
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