TY - BOOK AU - Theroux,Paul TI - Riding the iron rooster: by train through China SN - 9780140112955 U1 - FIC THE PY - 1989/// CY - London PB - Penguin books KW - Theroux, Paul KW - China. KW - Travel KW - China KW - Description and travel. KW - Railroad travel N2 - Counter Paul Theroux invites us to join him on the journey of a lifetime, in the grand romantic tradition, by train across Europe, through the vast underbelly of Asia into the heart of Russia, and then up to China. Here is China by rail (the Iron Rooster is the name of a train), as seen and heard through the eyes and ears of one of the most intrepid and insightful travel writers of our time ER -