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In Greensboro, Paul Theroux meets the impressive Rev Eugene Lyles, aged 79, who has his own church, his own barber shop and runs the local diner on Main Street.

Paul Theroux's account of his car journeys through America's southern states
is timely, and abridged for radio by Katrin Williams:

2. In Greensboro he meets the impressive Rev. Eugene Lyles, aged 79, who has
his own church, his own barber shop and runs the local diner on Main Street.
So, time for a haircut, then some lunch..

Reader Henry Goodman

Producer Duncan Minshull.

15 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
ReaderHenry Goodman
AuthorPaul Theroux
AbridgerKatrin Williams
ProducerDuncan Minshull

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  • Tue 1 Sep 201509:45
  • Wed 2 Sep 201500:30

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