Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train through China

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. 6th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. 6th printing. Pages faintly toned, foxing to top ridge. 1988 Hard Cover. 480 pp. "Paul Theroux invites you to join him on the journey of a lifetime, in the grand romanttic tradition, by train across Euope, through the vast underbelly of Asia and in the heart of Russia, and then up to China. Here is China by rail, as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of one of the most intrepid and insightful travel writers of our time.