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Michael Palin's popularity as a travel writer and TV presenter is at its zenith. His likeable, unassuming personality and accessible approach to challenging foreign journeys is the perfect conduit for the reader and viewer: Palin does not come across as a hardy adventurer, but just as we ourselves might be if we were coping with exotic and bizarre locales. Hemingway's Adventure represents a remarkable progression and is probably his most engrossing book yet. Writing about Hemingway in Hemingway's Chair, Palin became fascinated with the life and travels of the hard-living writer. As he re-traces the writer's footsteps across the globe, he encounters an army of remarkable characters in his search for the truth behind the legend. From the writer's haunts as a child in North Michigan to the battlefields of Northern Italy, we are taken on a compelling and colourful epic journey that takes in running the bulls at Pamplona, dangerous safaris in Kenya and Uganda and (of course) Hemingway's beloved marlin fishing in Cuba. Palin's eye is as sharp and vivid as ever. Carnival in Venice, for instance, is presented in striking detail. The book itself is a beautiful object too: illustrated with many images from the TV series, it's likely to be on many a Christmas shopping list.-- Barry Forshaw
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'Easy-going Palin's essential niceness and unpretentious ability to relate to anyone from any culture makes him Britain's best-loved travelling companion.' (TALKING BUSINESS )
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book takes you on a journey through different continents and cultures. It allows you to travel the world in the company of a traveller who is not only experienced, but also sensitive to local customs and traditions.
As you read it you get to know not only the author, but you feel as if you have spent time in Hemingway's company. The book is richly illustrated with stunning photographs which tell a lot in addition to the printed text.
The numerous quotations from Hemingway's novels help to make the book more coherent, and also give insight on Hemingway's life.
An excellent read for Hemingway fans, for those who know little or nothing about him, or for anyone who is interested in seeing different cultures and ways of life.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really like Michael Palin's travel documentaries, both the BBC TV programs and the books based on the programs. He has a knack for finding interesting people and places, and he presents it all with wit and charm and a personal engagement that is beguiling. The books are beautiful with lots of great color pictures, most taken by photographer Basil Pao.
This book is based on the BBC TV program where Mr. Palin traveled to all of the places where Ernest Hemingway had lived and traveled. One can't really say the program "follows Hemingway's footsteps" because some sequences are presented out of order, but it's all there:
Chicago and northern Illinois (Hemingway's youth)
Italy (WW I and duck hunting)
Paris (Hemingway's start as an author)
Spain (running with the bulls, bullfighting)
Key West (fishing, boxing)
Africa (hunting, airplane crash injuries)
Cuba (fishing, Hemingway's home for 20 years)
Montana and Idaho (dude ranches, Hemingway's death)
Each chapter that describes a place almost invariably leaves the reader smiling and thinking that it would be interesting to visit that place oneself.
Incidentally, my high opinion of this book (and the associated TV program) has nothing to do with any interest in Hemingway's authorship. I read "The Old Man and the Sea" when I was in high school, and have not read anything by Hemingway since. Still, I find his life interesting, and I think that Michael Palin has made a great travelogue by visiting the various places and telling about Hemingway's life.
I can especially recommend the audio version of this book, which is read by Michael Palin himself. He does a great job of delivering the dialog of the various people, all with their different accents.
Of course, the audio version of the book does not include the beautiful photographs, so the very best strategy might be to get both, and listen to the audio version while commuting and then look at the pictures when you get home.
Rennie Petersen
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
In bed with flu over the holidays, I read Michael Palin's new book in one day and really enjoyed it. It is an easy and light read, with Michael Palin's great sense of humour and self-deprecating charm keeping you going throughout. But while Palin is a wonderful and genial travel companion, he is not a literary critic, and ultimately I found the book a bit superficial and light.
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A must have collectable book
For admirers of Michael Palin's travel tales, this book is an essential companion. If you have seen the TV programme you can relive the experience and hear Michael in your head as... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Mary
New and perfect, promptly delivered!
This was the one edition in Michael Palin's series of travel books that I didn't already have.
In fact I usually go along to one of the book signings when a new one is... Read more
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Published on 30 Mar 2010 by K. Murphy
A different side of Palin
This is not just an excuse for a travel book. In the normal style of a Palin travelogue the narrative is rich in descriptive detail bringing the landscape into a 3D for the reader. Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2007 by Steve Homer
Pulls you into the world of Hemingway
This is another great travel book by Michael Palin but, for me, it started off quite slowly and felt like any other TV Travel book. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2007 by J. LESTER
Brilliant
This is another brilliant account of a Palin journey. It is very specific in it's remit but still covers some incredible countries. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2007 by Spider Monkey
Starts off quite well, peters out later.
This book begins with great promise, and was very enjoyable up to the last two or three chapters. He seemed to run out of ideas as to how he was going to finish the story, and... Read more
Published on 8 April 2001 by C. Shepherd
Good, but he has done better
This is another good book to come from Micheal Palin. He is undoubtedly television's greatest travel writer and presenter and this book ( and television series ) is another example... Read more
Published on 29 Dec 1999
A pleasure to read
Palins lucid and emotive style has engineered a text that is both informative and a pleasure to read. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 1999
Thoroughly enjoyable! Michael Palin is brilliant!
I've avidly followed the TV series and I think the book is a thoroughly enjoyable read. Michael's wit and general 'niceness' for want of a better word shine through. Read more
Published on 8 Nov 1999
If you're new to Palin's travel, don't start with this one.
I hesitate to write this review -- I have a lot of respect for Palin's travel work, and don't yet have the benefit of seeing the accompanying show. Read more
Published on 24 Oct 1999
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