Stranger on a Train

"Distinctly Nabokovian. . .Funny, surprising and harrowing, Stranger on a Train delivers the kind of adventure travel we will always need: its discoveries aren't new places but fresh new ways of seeing old ones." --The New York Times Book Review

"Stranger on a Train is not only a fun book (how un-British), it is an important book." --Los Angeles Times Book Review

"A dream of a writer...[Stranger on a Train] does what the best travel literature does: It takes you somewhere. . . lovely." --The Washington Post

"A strange and wonderful journey that reads like a synthesis of Sylvia Plath, Martin Amis and the new journalism of John McPhee." --The Times (London) Distinctly Nabokovian. . .Funny, surprising and harrowing, "Stranger on a Train "delivers the kind of adventure travel we will always need: its discoveries aren't new places but fresh new ways of seeing old ones. "The New York Times Book Review"

"Stranger on a Train" is not only a fun book (how un-British), it is an important book. "Los Angeles Times Book Review"

A dream of a writer...["Stranger on a Train"] does what the best travel literature does: It takes you somewhere. . . lovely. "The Washington Post"

A strange and wonderful journey that reads like a synthesis of Sylvia Plath, Martin Amis and the new journalism of John McPhee. "The Times (London)"" "Distinctly Nabokovian. . .Funny, surprising and harrowing, "Stranger on a Train "delivers the kind of adventure travel we will always need: its discoveries aren't new places but fresh new ways of seeing old ones." --"The New York Times Book Review"

""Stranger on a Train" is not only a fun book (how un-British), it is an important book." --"Los Angeles Times Book Review"

"A dream of a writer...["Stranger on a Train"] does what the best travel literature does: It takes you somewhere. . . lovely." --"The Washington Post"

"A strange and wonderful journey that reads like a synthesis of Sylvia Plath, Martin Amis and the new journalism of John McPhee." --"The Times" (London)