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Book Synopsis''An utterly enjoyable voyage under Paris'' - THE OLDIE
''Delightful and diverting... Martin is the most unpretentious and companionable of guides; the book is great fun'' - LITERARY REVIEW
''An eclectic blend of engineering and travelogue, urban planning and anecdote... a sincere love letter'' -THE ECONOMIST
Andrew Martin has been described as ''the laureate of railways'', having written many books with railway themes. But Andrew has always been obsessed with the Paris Metro, hence Metropolitain: An Ode to the Paris Metro, the first English history of the Metro for the general reader.
Metropolitain is as stylish as the Metro itself and laced with cultural references. Andrew explains why Last Tango in Paris is a great Metro film, and what the Metro chase scene in the classic thriller, Le Samourai, says about Parisian culture. He describes how he came to appreciate the beauty of Gu
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'An utterly enjoyable voyage under Paris' * Christopher Howse, THE OLDIE *
'Andrew Martin's entertaining study of the Parisian underground is a welter of timetables, carriage types, ticket colours and technical savvy' * Telegraph *
'no tunnel goes unvisited, no track uninspected... it is an eclectic blend of engineering and travelogue, urban planning and anecdote... a sincere love letter' * The Economist *
'Delightful and diverting... Martin is the most unpretentious and companionable of guides; the book is great fun' * Literary Review *
