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Riding the Iron Rooster (Penguin Audiobooks)
Riding the Iron Rooster - Penguin Audiobooks Author:Paul Theroux If you want to understand China take the train -- as the Chinese do, as Paul Theroux did -- in every province of the People's Republic, from the searing Gobi of western Xinjiang to the frozen wastes of Manchuria. The result is the most beguiling and revealing portrait of China since Marco Polo. In RIDING THE IRON ROOSTER, Theroux's practiced ey... more »e, adventurous spirit and rich prose produce a vivid memoir, full of people and talk -- war, outspoken conversations about the private life of China today, the Cultural Revolution and Mao, about writing novels, growing fruit, and the details of everyday life; about discontent, patriotism and the possibility of a better life in America.« less
ISBN-13: 9780140861662 ISBN-10: 0140861661 Publication Date: 7/2001 Edition:Cas Book Rating: