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Moore's new book The Full Montezuma is a moderately likeable, mildly intriguing first-person account of his travels in Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, and neighbouring countries, accompanied by --the Girl Next Door--a "spunky blonde in a chamois bikini". Together, and sometimes apart, the two of them bus, boat and taxi around the principal sites of central America and the Caribbean, enjoying and enduring a six-month long low-budget mini-Odyssey that variously involves hurricanes, civil wars, and insurgencies, as well as the more predictable Mayan cities, Aztec ruins, drunk American students, and importuning mariachi bands.
Stylistically, it has to be said Moore is not averse to the odd cliché. "The zocalo has it all", "the highlight was the video", "the rest, as they say, is history", all occur in the opening chapters. Moore also fails to pull any "writerly" muscles trying to provide fresh information on the historical and political background. However, if all you require is an enthusiastic, undemanding, amiable companion on your armchair journey around a fascinating part of the world, this book could be just the ticket. --Sean Thomas --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Perhaps the waiting time added to my expecations and so any kind of disappointment may be unfairly compounded.
Whatever, I just couldn't get into the swing of things with this book and felt that the author spent far too much time around the topic of the GND (Girl Next Door) rather than the adventure itself. But there again perhaps that was the whole point!
When time was given to describing the pleasures and pains of the journey then the experience became slightly more enjoyable from the reader perspective.
I guess a good measure of the read was judged by me still not really wanting to put the book down once I had got hold of it. This was initially due to my expectations, then when they were dashed it was in hope that the story might improve as it went along.
In the end I felt the book was ok but that it never really fulfilled its potential.
I like author's style and wit though and won't be put off by this experience. This was still an ok book that just suffered from having followed a brilliant one.
If you like Peter Moore and or unique travel experiences then give this one a go.
The basic hook of the book is how Moore, ever the frugal traveller and adventurist, has to basically put up with a travelling companion who just wants to sit on beaches all day and drink increasingly-expensive cocktails and soak up the sun.
Moore's writing is as enjoyable as ever (although his later books showed much improvement), and his eye for detail is sharp - as is his wit (on occasion).
It wasn't as enjoyable as 'Wrong Way Home', or the book that followed Montezuma, 'Swahili for the Broken-Hearted' (written AFTER he'd split with GND, natch), but it was still an enjoyable read.
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