"More Camus than mystery thriller, Andean Express] delights like strong coffee savored in a cosmopolitan cafe." --Publishers Weekly Set in 1952, Andean Express is the story of a tragic overnight train journey that unfolds in an environment at once carnivalesque and sinister. Beginning near La Paz, Bolivia, the austere Andean plateau serves as a surreal backdrop for most of the trip before giving way to a winding descent to the Chilean coast...