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| Moab is My Washpot: An Autobiography Stephen Fry This is one of those books that you would probably never have thought of reading but when you're travelling you tend to read anything you can swop for. I never thought about whether or not I liked Stephen Fry as an actor or a comedian, he was just... there. But his auto biography is brilliant. He talks about his life and growing up with parents who couldn't understand why he was chucked out of boarding school after boarding school for misbehaviour. Not to mention an insight into the mystery that is boarding school life. It emerges that he is a tortured soul who has suffered many things in life including struggling with his sexuality. But, having said that, it is neither painful nor depressing to read and is at times very funny. Trade for it on the road. -Cindy |
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| Drive Thru' America Sean Condon Sean Condon is a very disturbed man, but also a very funny man at the same time. His apparent 'make it up as you go along' style of writing will not sit easily with everyone, but for me he is a humorous writer with a (un)healthy outlook on life. He also has the ability to make an interesting story from the most unlikely source. The book tells the story of a road trip across the USA with his friend and co-conspiritor David O'Brien. Nothing is safe from the amusing observations of this pair, including themselves who appear as the butt of most gags. After reading and thoroughly enjoying the first offering from Seanie (as he likes to be known) Sean and David's Long Drive, the follow up book is not a let down as they so often can be. Read the first book first as an introduction to this pair of characters If you get hold of either of these books and enjoy them, don't trade them in, you will want to read them again at some point. -Phil |
| Are You Experienced? William Sutcliffe If you've ever donned a backpack you would've met up with many tossers. You may even have been one of them. I am probably one of them in someone else's eyes. This book is basically a collection of the aforementioned. The main character, Dave goes travelling not for the amazing experiences he might encounter but in hopes of getting into his best mate's girlfriend's pants. Whether it happens or not is left up to you to find out. But I will say that by the end of the book you hate him...AND the girl...And everyone else they meet in India. In fact you may develop a fear of travelling in India not because of malaria or amoebic dysentry but in case you meet any of these people, and believe me, they're out there! A hilarious account of the student who has no desire to leave his comfortable abode but does it just because everyone else is before Uni (So they have something to boast about in the first week). Annoyingly funny. -Cindy |
| Memoirs of a Geisha Arthur Golden No words can do this book justice so I won't even try. It is beautiful. Borrow it, read it, you won't want it to finish. -Cindy |