Book of the Week - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
Stuart Milligan reads from Paul Theroux's account of a journey in which he retraces his own steps and follows in the tracks of his classic 1973 travel book The Great Railway Bazaar
Book of the Week - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star - Episode 1
Stuart Milligan reads from Paul Theroux's account of a journey from London to East Asia. He stops in Istanbul, a city of amazing mosques and churches but also with a seedier side.
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Book of the Week - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star - Episode 2
Stuart Milligan reads from Paul Theroux's account of a journey from London to East Asia. From Georgia, Paul moves on to Azerbaijan, stops in Baku and continues to Turkmenistan.
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Book of the Week - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star - Episode 3
Stuart Milligan reads from Paul Theroux's account of a journey from London to East Asia. Paul travels from Amritsar to Sri Lanka, a land still recovering from the 2004 tsunami.
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Book of the Week - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star - Episode 4
Stuart Milligan reads from Paul Theroux's account of a journey from London to East Asia. He reacquaints himself with a much-changed Burma and its crumbling cities.
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Book of the Week - Ghost Train to the Eastern Star - Episode 5
Stuart Milligan reads from Paul Theroux's account of a journey from London to East Asia. He visits Perm, a city with a recent history of rocket manufacture and slave labour.
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