Posts in category ”Travel books”
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Review: Adventures of a Continental Drifter
Elliott Hester did what most of us occasionally fantasize about while staring blankly at an Outlook inbox. In 2002, he sold everything he owned and disappeared into the world.
Review: Imperium
Ryszard Kapuściński died in 2007, but fortunately left behind the sort of books that make you want to pack a bag, buy a questionable train ticket and disappear somewhere inconvenient.
Review: All Inclusive
I’m a longtime reader of the Swedish travel magazine Vagabond, where Johan Tell used to be one of the regular writers. The sort of travel writer who understands that the best stories rarely involve infinity pools, complimentary bathrobes or somebody describing a hotel as an oasis.
Review: Att komma hem ska vara en schlager
Swedish author Per Hagman is probably still best known for his 1991 debut Cigarett, a book that earned him something resembling cult status. His latest novel, Att komma hem ska vara en schlager, follows a young man stumbling through a world of decadence, hangovers, expensive places and broken dreams.
Review: The Beach
Alex Garland’s debut novel “The Beach”, published in 1996, was once practically mandatory equipment for backpackers. You saw battered copies everywhere in hostel common rooms, beach cafés, airport floors, wedged between a Lonely Planet and somebody’s increasingly questionable underwear.
Review: Air Babylon
This book by Imogen Edwards-Jones tells the tale of a character who works on a big airline. It actually feels like a collection of anecdotes tied together by something vaguely resembling a story line.
Review: Rule no 5: No sex on the bus
Brian Thacker is an Australian tour guide and travel writer. The book covers his day job of herding tourists on a bus trip through Europe but is really a lot more entertaining than it sounds.
Review: Nasty Bits
Anthony Bourdain spent years sweating behind the stoves at Les Halles in New York before Kitchen Confidential kicked the kitchen door off its hinges in 2000. Suddenly chefs weren’t anonymous guys hiding behind swinging doors anymore.
Travel book reviews
Apart from a Moleskine notebook and an iPod loaded with enough music to survive six hours beside a screaming child, a good book remains one of the essential companions for a long journey.