Parallel Lines - Journeys on the Railway of Dreams

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

Report

'Compelling... Part Bill Bryson, part Nick Hornby, part memoir and part pastiche... Light, lively and, above all, right: what every enthusiast should be expected to know' The Times

Product details

• Authors: Ian Marchant, Marchant Ian
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.07.2004
• EAN: 9780747565840
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-6584-0
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Rail vehicles; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; Memoirs, United Kingdom, Great Britain, History: specific events and topics, Nostalgia: general, Trains and railways: general interest