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Kingdom By The Sea
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This Kingdom By The Sea
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The Kingdom by the Sea
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Kingdom by the Sea (New Windmills)
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The Kingdom by the Sea
Pages: 192, Edition: New edition, Paperback, Egmont Books Ltd Last Update 16.12.2009 06:02
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The Kingdom by the Sea (Modern Classics onTape)
Edition: New edition, Audio Cassette, Collins Audio Last Update 16.12.2009 06:02
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by - written on 04/06/07 (Very useful, 115 readings)
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Paul Theroux undertook his journey round the coast of the United Kingdom exactly 25 years ago, in 1982. Even more than normally, his book is very slight on information, strong on description and dominated by the author's perceptions, feelings and judgements. Being his usual miserable persona, Theroux doesn't spare the locations he visits and the people he meets just because they happen to be British. Wry, observant and always seeing the empty half of the glass (unless it's filled with sludge), he travels the length of the coast of the UK by train and on foot, avowedly skipping castles and cathedrals and under-sampling cities. He is, of course, frightfully ... Read the complete review
by - written on 19/08/00 (Very useful, 73 readings)
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############################################# The Great Railway Bazaar is magic and so is this. I wish I could write like Mr Theroux (father of Louis) because he has that way of describing bits of Britain that make you think : Gosh, that's just how it is (at least, if you're feeling in a Theroux-sort-of mood), and isn't it fascinating. ############################################# MARGATE - "Margate had never been fashionable. It had never even been nice.... "Skinheads and chip-shops and rain...." Theroux walks round Britain's coast (just occasionally taking a train) and describes the ... Read the complete review
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