{"id":21045,"date":"2013-10-11T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=21045"},"modified":"2013-10-08T16:39:12","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T21:39:12","slug":"the-last-train-to-zona-verde-by-paul-theroux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-last-train-to-zona-verde-by-paul-theroux\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Train to Zona Verde by Paul Theroux"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?cn=996148\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21051\" alt=\"last train\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/last-train.jpg?resize=265%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"265\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/last-train.jpg?w=265&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/last-train.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/a>A decade ago, Paul Theroux\u2019s best-selling <em>Dark Star Safari<\/em> chronicled his epic overland voyage from Cairo to Cape Town, providing an insider\u2019s look at modern Africa. Now, with <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?cn=996148\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>The Last Train to Zona Verde<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, he returns to discover how Africa and he have changed in the ensuing years. On this trip, Theroux is journeying through West Africa for the first time. From Cape Town, South Africa, to Namibia to Botswana, he covers nearly 2,500 miles before he is forced to give up what is to be his final foreign trip, a decision he chronicles in a delightfully curmudgeonly and unsparing chapter titled \u201cWhat Am I Doing Here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vivid, witty, and beautifully evocative, The Last Train to Zona Verde is a fitting final African adventure from the writer whose gimlet eye and effortless prose have brought the world to generations of readers.<em> (description from publisher)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A decade ago, Paul Theroux\u2019s best-selling Dark Star Safari chronicled his epic overland voyage from Cairo to Cape Town, providing an insider\u2019s look at modern Africa. Now, with The Last Train to Zona Verde, he returns to discover how Africa and he have changed in the ensuing years. On this<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-last-train-to-zona-verde-by-paul-theroux\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[376,103,750,122],"class_list":["post-21045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-africa","tag-memoirs","tag-trains","tag-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-5tr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21045"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21052,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21045\/revisions\/21052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}