Five Journeys Through Time on Britain's Trains. One of his top ten books about trains, as shared at the Guardian:La Bête Humaine by Émile Zola (1890)Read about another entry on the list.
A hysterical tale of psychosis and sexual jealousy – forces symbolised by the presence of some extremely dangerous trains: the participants all live or work along the line between Paris and Le Havre. There are superb descriptions of St Lazare station at night: lamps along a platform like "smoky stars"; engines emitting "a general panting, whistle blows like the piercing screams of women being ravished". One critic wrote: "Too many trains and too many crimes." To some of us, that is a recommendation.
--Marshal Zeringue
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