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Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, and Professional Hedonism |
Author: Thomas Kohnstamm
Published: 2008-04-22 |
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 Great read for travelers and non alike
One of the most entertaining books I've experienced, even better if you are a traveler, even better still if you've been to Brazil.
So different from most travel books, even the ones which attempt to add humor about the standard toilet difficulties on the road or the like. Thomas gives us a full book of candid insights that often have a laugh-out-loud humor quotient.
The book is based on his Brazil writing assignment for Lonely Planet and his misadventures - good content, well-written with a nice style from a complex character.
After reading I checked for more from this author and caught the controversy, what a shame and how overdone. The book is funny - period. If you like to be entertained this is well worth your time.
 Travel get around
This is a very entertaining book. I am surprised the author has lived to tell his tale.
I will never look at a Lonely Planet guide book the same way again.
I didnt' want the book to end !!!
The book was fantastic! Having been a serious traveler for 30+ years (and having purchased dozens of guides, including Lonely Planet) I couldn't put this book down!
The author essentially did all the things I wanted to do (when a younger traveler) but never had the courage to. The writing style's a mix of Hunter Thompson and Frances Mayes (although Mayes would probably object ...)
It's a great read, I highly recommend it.
Oh My!!
Not sure what to make of this! I will never read another travel guidebook in the same way after reading this. The publisher's expectations seem to be unrealistic while the person that wrote the book really lost my respect.
W R Bodrak
A real Trip (No pun intended!)
I couldn't put this book down! It was funny in a sad kind of way, like when you were a kid and laughed when someone fell off a bicycle. We laugh at others' misadventures and troubles because we are uncomfortable and don't quite know how to react. The Lonely Planet should get much lonelier as less travelers buy their books and realize that a lot of what they publish is made up or plagiarized from some other travel guide. I give the writer credit for having the courage to share this tale. It appears that Lonely Planet has kept him on as a reviewer despite this scathing account of their practices. (Makes me wonder what masochistic tendencies he has to stay on with this employer!) I also want to thank him for the eye-openers about the travel writing industry as a whole. This book that my interest throughout. I laughed out loud, I felt righteous indignation about the travel industry rip-off and this poor fellow's misadventures. I also admired his inventiveness for making, as they say, lemonade from lemons. In his case, he smoked some dope, mellowed out and created a cottage drug-selling industry to finance the travels when Lonely Planet left him high and dry (pun intended!) This is definitely a job for the young and adventurous. Keep on writing!
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