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The Great Railway Bazaar

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

by PAUL THEROUX
Five extracts from the abridgement by ANN REES-JONES Read by Blain Fairman (1)
Fired by a fascination with trains that stemmed from childhood, Paul Theroux set out one day from Victoria Station in London with the intention of travelling by as many different trains as possible to Tokyo Central; to journey through Europe, India and Asia, and to return on the Trans-Siberian Express.
' I sought trains; I found passengers.'
Producer GLYN DEARMAN
(First broadcast as 'A Book at Bedtime

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Unknown:
Paul Theroux
Read By:
Blain Fairman
Unknown:
Paul Theroux
Producer:
Glyn Dearman
Source: Radio Times

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