Paul Theroux Quote

The sad engineer would never go back to England; he would become one of these elderly expatriates who hide out in remote countries, with odd sympathies, a weakness for the local religion, an unreasonable anger, and the kind of total recall that drives curious strangers away.


The Great Railway Bazaar (1975)


The sad engineer would never go back to England; he would become one of these elderly expatriates who hide out in remote countries, with odd...

The sad engineer would never go back to England; he would become one of these elderly expatriates who hide out in remote countries, with odd...

The sad engineer would never go back to England; he would become one of these elderly expatriates who hide out in remote countries, with odd...

The sad engineer would never go back to England; he would become one of these elderly expatriates who hide out in remote countries, with odd...