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Quality
They had a rare quality for people so individualistic politeness
The true philihellenists were the english – of whom byron was the epitome – and the french who were passionate to link them... Read More
Shipping
The ship goes around italy to istanbul and on and on to strange differnt new places to paul theroux
The ship is equipped with large suites jacuzzis a swimming pool picture windows to attract rich fun loving travellers a large c... Read More
Competitiveness
He goes where i havent gone and probably wont go but its great to read about other parts of the world
I dont out of principal write a 5star review but this deserves five or more stars
Yes its a topsyturvy world but it sure beats the artificial world of fiction
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mediterranean, many and through. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 228 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 4 2021.
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Seeing the world through paul therouxs eyes is like getting a phd in life without the tuition
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Of all the moderrn day travel writers theroux has no peer
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He is insightful as well as entertaining whether it be a detailed description of a train compartment or a historical backdrop or even cataloging the mundane trivialities of life on the road
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And wondering how things got so messed up in this region of the world
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Although the book was written over ten years ago his trip through syria is more than relevant today
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Bought used cover did show wear
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One of the marvellous atrocities of our time was the way in which the selfcreated problems of these countries and their arrogant way of dealing with them made them seem larger like an angry child standing on its tiptoes
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All this contributed to the illusion that they were massive