[ebooktalk] Travel books
- From: "Tar Barrels" <tar.barrels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:07:50 +0100
I enjoy some travel books, but they are mostly ancient ones like HV Morton,
where I enjoy the writing as much as any sense of different places -
although I love his book on Italy. If I'm hones, I would rather read books
of exploits. Climbing books are a passion, and I recently read How to Climb
Mont Blanc in a Skirt. This was great fun, and covered all sorts of
exploration and adventure by women. Absolutely hilarious in places, deeply
disturbing and alarming in others. But most of all it left me with a feeling
of awe for all those adventurers, and their fanatastic spirits!
June
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Having watched the original TV series all those years ago and, as mentioned
earlier, having read some of Palin's diaries, I think I'd rather gnaw off my
own left arm than read one of his travel books. I'd guess the sense of
whimsey would be over powering.
My own recent reading has included my third Charles Cumming novel in about
six weeks. This one, which I'm tantalisingly close to finishing, is called
A Spy by Nature. It concerns a young man's recruitment into the British
Intelligence service. The central character is rather loathsomely self
obsessed, but this is very much part of the weave of the book. I enjoyed
the other two better. I've also just finished Horns by Joe Hill. Just when
you think you've read everything by Stephen King, along comes his son with
more books to stretch the imagination. This one concerns a man who
discovers horns growing out of the sides of his head. and unsurprisingly,
they have disturbing properties. I think he is a more mannered writer than
is dad, but doesn't have quite the facility with story telling.
On 25 Jun 2013, at 09:18, Clare Gailans wrote:
> I like Michael Palin, but I run a mile from most travel books. They so
> often seem to be about the traveller's ego more than anything else.
> Even worse is being trapped listening to people drone on about their
> holidays, but I expect I've grumped about that before. Clare
>
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