Asi es la Vida

The eternal questions of youth – What is real life? Where is it all really happening? – are mulled over in this vividly-depicted account of "time out" travelling through South America. Calling upon the youthful adventurous spirit that saw the national media-bothering ascent of a famous Aberdeen landmark, Andy Ruck joins his free-spirited, Frodo Baggins-like friend Carson on a self-consciously shambolic and unplanned adventure through a continent of "flawed beauty". As with anything involving the two of them, hazardous journeys, brushes with authorities and high levels of unnecessary discomfort are sure to follow.

In a fast-paced narrative that extols the virtues of youthful adventure and discovery, be prepared for cavalier entries into Wonders of the World, snow-bound high-level treks, maps like Dalí paintings and the police chief from The Simpsons. And quite a lot more...

"This travelling thing" can have its day, and the call of home can be equally strong, but can true wanderlust ever be tamed?

ISBN 1843865807   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781843865803 (What's this?)   Pages 251 Publisher Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers   Published in Cambridge Imprint Vanguard Press   Height (mm) 200 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 130 Publication date 27 Jan 2010   Academic level General DEWEY 918.044

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