A glorious travel book. There's never a dull moment, either, in the stunning photography or the entertaining travel notes

Daily Mail

His easy-going charm and passion for discovery are captivating

Daily Express

He observes shrewdly, writes wittily; laughs with, not at, the people he meets, and charmingly slips in a huge amount of information. His approach still towers above its imitators

Independent

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Palin is the Python we all want to go abroad with

Observer

Palin is as engaging a writer as he is a presenter, and one keeps turning the pages with anticipation and pleasure

Sunday Telegraph

'Hemingway's world was close and uncomfortable and itchy and sweaty and frequently exhausting . . . This stuff was too good to be wasted on school exams. I must be bold and fearless and go out there and do it myself'Join Michael Palin as he journeys from the forests of North Michigan to the bars of Cuba in a quest to unravel some of the myths of Ernest Hemingway's life. Along the way he encounters the running of the bulls in Pamplona, stands at the site of Hemingway's plane crash in Uganda and feels the rush of marlin fishing on the Gulf Stream in this wonderful blend of pilgrimage and adventure.
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A winning combination of No.1 travel writer Michael Palin and one of the great literary figures of the century.
A glorious travel book. There's never a dull moment, either, in the stunning photography or the entertaining travel notes
'The ultimate armchair travel book' - GUARDIAN'Coupled with his eye for detail, he has the diarist's willingness to try anything and to laugh at himself ... travel-writing of unpretentious charm and enjoyable originality' - INDEPENDENT'Palin is the Python we all want to go abroad with' - OBSERVER'He observes shrewdly, writes wittily; laughs with, not at, the people he meets, and charmingly slips in a huge amount of information. His approach still towers above its imitators' - INDEPENDENT'Palin is as engaging a writer as he is a presenter, and one keeps turning the pages with anticipation and pleasure' - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'A glorious travel book. There's never a dull moment' - DAILY MAIL
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781474625838
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Vendor
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Vekt
225 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
224

Forfatter

Biographical note

Michael Palin has written and starred in numerous TV programmes and films, from Monty Python and Ripping Yarns to The Missionary and The Death of Stalin. He has also made several much-acclaimed travel documentaries, his journeys taking him to the North and South Poles, the Sahara Desert, the Himalayas, Eastern Europe and Brazil. His books include accounts of his journeys, two novels (Hemingway's Chair and The Truth), three volumes of diaries, Erebus, the Story of a Ship and Great Uncle Harry. From 2009 to 2012 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society. He received a BAFTA fellowship in 2013, and a knighthood in the 2019 New Year Honours list. He lives in London.