This rollicking prose travelogue is a biting and witty examination of a country that, for many, seems alien and distanced from the modern world.Brimming with anecdotes of Theroux's encounters with Estonian people and using his trademark acrobatic allusions, quotations, and digressions, Estonia: A Ramble Through the Periphery establishes Theroux's place beside Thomas Pynchon as one of the sharpest cultural commentators of our time. 978160699465852000 389605 JUL111084 Alexander Theroux