A fascinating little book, more interesting for the fact that it exists (fifty pages, maybe?) than anything else. The runt of the Theroux litter, thankfully with tons of charm. ( )

Great fun poking fun at the moneyed class... ( )

More a long essay than a book, Sailing Through China is Paul Theroux' report of his time on a cruise on China's greatest waterway, the Yangtze. Mr. Theroux is characteristically dark in his prognostications and reliably vitriolic in his description of fellow American travelers. I read this book as a prelude to Riding the Iron Rooster, a description of Theroux' travels by train through China. Recommended. ( )

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