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The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux
4.0
adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

A truly entertaining book, as one might expect from this author. Simultaneously a travel adventure and an educational experience, where we get a sense of the societal reality of the 1970s in the various countries Theroux travels to. The supposedly non-fictional characters, he meets on the way, are often querky or otherwise unique, and are described by Theroux with a notable amount of irony. This book has sparked my own desire to travel (again).