The Wrong Way Home - Softcover
Synopsis
A humorous travel book encompassing the hippy trail of the Sixties and written by the author of NO SHITTING IN THE TOILET.
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London to Sydney in 25 countries--that's the task that Peter Moore, an Australian working in England, set himself. The catch was that he had to travel overland, no flights allowed within a budget of five thousand Australian dollars.
Because of "pure, unadulterated hippy envy" he attempts to discover the music, sex and drugs of the 60s hippy trail. The Wrong Way Home tells the story of his journey through Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia (check his ports of call on the map at the front of the book).
Moore writes like a young Bill Bryson with earrings and ponytail, pointing out the ironies and idiosyncrasies of his own and other cultures. Take the example of the cling-on koala he gives to a Chinese friend in Lanzhou as a token of thanks--he makes sure he removes the "Made in China" label first.
The book is peppered with cartoon-like characters that Moore meets on his journey; the Czechs with matching haircuts, the spitting Chinese, the drunken Australians. Juxtaposed with his acidic observations Moore writes movingly of his experiences in war-torn Bosnia and the visit to his grandfather's grave in Singapore. --Anna Hornsey
Review
"'Moore has the parched dry wit, the solid brass cojones of a true traveller and rare eye for the madness of the wider world' John Birmingham"
"'Peter Moore is the genuine article, a traveller's traveller' FHM"
"'Peter Moore is the Jim Carrey of Australian travel writing' Sydney Morning Herald"
"'A refreshingly cynical blast of fresh air' Melbourne Age"
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- PublisherBantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0553812386
- ISBN 13 9780553812381
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages400
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