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The Last Train to Zona Verde

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Theroux is at his best when he tells [people’s] stories, happy and sad . . . Theroux’s great mission had always been to transport us beyond that reading chair, to challenge himself—and thus, to challenge us. — *Boston Globe* Paul Theroux’s best-selling *Dark Star Safari* chronicled his epic overland voyage from Cairo to Cape Town, providing an insider’s look at modern Africa. Now, with *The Last Train to Zona Verde* , he returns to discover how both he and Africa have changed in the ensuing years. Traveling alone, Theroux sets out from Cape Town, going north through South Africa, Namibia, then into Angola, encountering a world increasingly removed from tourists’ itineraries and the hopes of postcolonial independence movements. After covering nearly 2,500 arduous miles, he cuts short his journey, a decision he chronicles with unsparing honesty in a chapter titled “What Am I Doing Here?” Vivid, witty, and beautifully evocative, *The Last Train to Zona Verde* is a fitting final African adventure from the writer whose gimlet eye and effortless prose have brought the world to generations of readers. Everything is under scrutiny in Paul Theroux’s latest travel book—not just the people, landscapes and sociopolitical realities of the countries he visits, but his own motivations for going where he goes . . . His readers can only be grateful. — *Seattle Times* “If this book is proof, age has not slowed Theroux or encouraged him to rest on his achievements . . . Gutsy, alert to Africa’s struggles, its injustices and history.” — *San Francisco Chronicle*

About Author

Paul Edward Theroux is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best known work is The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), a travelogue about a trip he made by train from Great Britain through Western a

Author

Paul Theroux

Format

Ebook

ISBN

9780544227934

Language

English

Pages

312

Publication Date

05-12-2014

Publisher

HarperCollins

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