Part fact, part fiction, this is an anthology of travel in its broadest sense, encompassing the likely hazards and inevitable characters that inhabit the traveller's world. Tales of seductive tourism brochures and taunting postcards are interspersed with quiet reflections on the vulnerability of our ecological resources and a grab-bag of vignettes - an list of the Seven Wonders of the world, a meditation on behaviour on the beach, and a one-size-fits-all English translation of appliance instruction-manuals. Whether ...
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Part fact, part fiction, this is an anthology of travel in its broadest sense, encompassing the likely hazards and inevitable characters that inhabit the traveller's world. Tales of seductive tourism brochures and taunting postcards are interspersed with quiet reflections on the vulnerability of our ecological resources and a grab-bag of vignettes - an list of the Seven Wonders of the world, a meditation on behaviour on the beach, and a one-size-fits-all English translation of appliance instruction-manuals. Whether unveiling the hidden horrors of holiday homes, venturing into the bushveld with the celebrity set or musing about maps, Muirhead serves up his observations with irony and humour -- from quietly witty to laugh-out-loud funny.
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Add this copy of The Curious Case of the Imaginary Tourist: and Other to cart. $47.00, very good condition, Sold by Chapter 1 Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA, published 2006 by Struik Publishers.
