US EditionIn ‘The Paris Express,’ ‘Room’ author Emma Donoghue tracks a train disaster in 19th-century France
- The Paris Express is a historical fiction novel by Emma Donoghue based on a train accident that occurred on the Granville-Paris route in France in 1895.
- Emma Donoghue's novel, The Paris Express, tells the story of a train accident in France in 1895, focusing on safety practices evolving after disasters.
- The character Mado Pelletier plans to detonate a homemade bomb for maximum impact on the train.
- Despite some historical richness, the novel's many subplots are not equally engaging, sometimes feeling like an overstuffed museum tour.
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In ‘The Paris Express,’ ‘Room’ author Emma Donoghue tracks a train disaster in 19th-century France
The Booker Prize finalist's latest novel pays homage to the blood and guts that were spilled during railway construction.
·Ottawa, Canada
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