A brilliantly witty story of one man's encounter with the British railways A brilliantly witty story of one man's encounter with the British railways

Zusatztext 'The trip keeps its pace and purpose, fuelled by the genial, flexible rhythms of the prose and enriched by two centuries of railway-culture hinterland' Informationen zum Autor Ian Marchant has written two novels, In Southern Waters and The Battle for Dole Acre, and two works of non-fiction, The Longest Crawl and Parallel Lines. He used to run a second-hand bookshop, and is a comedian, singer, songwriter and cabaret performer. Vorwort A brilliantly witty story of one man's encounter with the British railways Zusammenfassung A brilliantly witty story of one man's encounter with the British railways

Vorwort
A brilliantly witty story of one man's encounter with the British railways

Autorentext
Ian Marchant has written two novels, In Southern Waters and The Battle for Dole Acre, and two works of non-fiction, The Longest Crawl and Parallel Lines. He used to run a second-hand bookshop, and is a comedian, singer, songwriter and cabaret performer.

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Lively, entertaining travel writing exploring Britain's railways. Marchant takes a look at how the romantic ideals of the Victorian heyday have been surplanted by the current milieu of strikes, disasters, delays and bad food. Will appeal to fans of Tim Moore and Tony Hawks. "Michael Palin meets Nick Hornby meets )What the Victorians Did for Us(... wacky and amiable" )Independent on Sunday(

Zusammenfassung
A brilliantly witty story of one man's encounter with the British railways