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Author: Steve Burgess
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Imprint: Douglas & McIntyre
ISBN: 9781771624015
ISBN 10: 1771624019
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 28 November 2024
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""Tag along with journalist Steve Burgess, the perfectly funny and perceptive travel partner, to visit all the emotions modern travel evokes, from humbled wonder to globalizer’s guilt. His knack for weaving great yarns with sharp research makes the miles fly by. After this irresistible read helps you unpack the ethical quandaries of today’s tourism, you may be surprised where you land!"" —David Beers, founding editor of The Tyee ""A defence of tourism, in spite of it all, from a passionate but conflicted traveler. Steve Burgess mixes brooding insights with biting humor—Paul Theroux meets David Sedaris—as he roams the world in search of adventure, meaning and love. A sparkling, provocative inquiry into the soul of the self-loathing tourist."" —Andrew Coyne, columnist, The Globe and Mail ""...a thoughtful and well-researched inquiry into why and how we travel...A mixture of memoir and journalism, it is also a call to the gate of self-discovery."" —Vancouver Sun
"""Tag along with journalist Steve Burgess, the perfectly funny and perceptive travel partner, to visit all the emotions modern travel evokes, from humbled wonder to globalizer’s guilt. His knack for weaving great yarns with sharp research makes the miles fly by. After this irresistible read helps you unpack the ethical quandaries of today’s tourism, you may be surprised where you land!"" —David Beers, founding editor of The Tyee ""A defence of tourism, in spite of it all, from a passionate but conflicted traveler. Steve Burgess mixes brooding insights with biting humor—Paul Theroux meets David Sedaris—as he roams the world in search of adventure, meaning and love. A sparkling, provocative inquiry into the soul of the self-loathing tourist."" —Andrew Coyne, columnist, The Globe and Mail ""...a thoughtful and well-researched inquiry into why and how we travel...A mixture of memoir and journalism, it is also a call to the gate of self-discovery."" —Vancouver Sun"
Author Information
Steve Burgess is a writer and broadcaster whose honours include two Canadian National Magazine awards. Burgess is a contributing editor of The Tyee and an award-winning documentary director. He is the author of Who Killed Mom? (Greystone, 2011) and his stories have been featured in publications including Reader’s Digest, Maclean’s and The Globe and Mail. He lives in Vancouver, BC.
