30 years ago, Theroux travelled across Asia by train, with the ensuing book making him the foremost travel writer of his generation.
Theroux\'s writing has an immediate, vivid and cursory quality that gives it a collective strength\' }Sunday Time. \'Relaxed, curious, confident, surprisingly tender.
Now Theroux makes the trip all over again, travelling through Europe, India and Asia to discover what changes have occurred, and whether the opinions of an older man differ from those of his younger self. 30 years ago, Theroux travelled across Asia by train, with the ensuing book making him the foremost travel writer of his generation