Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?: A Swashbuckling Tale of High Adventures, Questionable Ethics, and Professional Hedonism
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299016057 (1299016057)
Publish date: January 1st 2008
Publisher: Broadway Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Travelogue,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Journalism,
Brazil
I am not giving this book five stars because I thought it was exceptional writing. It was good writing, but not great. However, it was a hell of a lot of fun to read. It surprises me to say that because I almost took the book back to the library after the first two chapters. I'm glad I decided t...
Kohnstamm's memoir is not so much about writing his first guidebook for Lonely Planet as it is a self-congratulatory screed lauding substance abuse, poor choices, dubious sexual encounters, and generally unpleasant behavior. Kohnstamm seems to think he's charming and attractive, yet there's little i...
Wow, did I hate this book. What an ass.
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