Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train Through China

Review "[Theroux's] books have enriched the travel literature of this century...China, with its guard down, its buttons undone, and its fingers greasy, looks even more magical with a little of its mystery revealed." USA Today "[A] very funny, beautifully written, wonderfully observant, and deeply insightful description of the vagaries of life and politics in China." -- Conde Nast Traveler "Fascinating...the portrait that emerges is a luminous, almost uncanny, and situationally accurate one. Theroux is particularly good at catching the surreal quality of China." The Miami Herald "Theroux's genius is in his clear-eyed rendition of a fresh world and the deeper observations he attaches to it." The Chicago Tribune About the Author PAUL THEROUX is the author of many highly acclaimed books. His novels include *A Dead Hand* and *The Mosquito Coast, *and his renowned travel books include *Ghost Train to the Eastern Star *and *Dark Star Safari*. He lives in Hawaii and on Cape Cod.