Paul Theroux left London thirty years ago and traveled by train across Asia and back again. His account of this journey, The Great Railway Bazaar, became a groundbreaking book and established him as the preeminent travel writer of his generation. Now, Theroux is making the same journey again. Across Eastern Europe, India, and Asia, he explores the changes that have swept across the continents and what an old man can take away from a journey he made as a young man. Ghost Train to the Eastern Star is a brilliant account of change and an exploration of how travel can be "the saddest pleasure."