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Tales from the Torrid Zone

Travels in the Deep Tropics

Travels in the Deep Tropics

By Alexander Frater

By Alexander Frater

By Alexander Frater

By Alexander Frater

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Feb 12, 2008 | ISBN 9780307388261

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Jun 15, 2011 | ISBN 9780307795250

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    About Tales from the Torrid Zone

    Alexander Frater was born to a family of Scottish expatriates on the tiny island of Irikiki in the South Seas. Following his dreams of being a writer, Frater left home, but the call of the tropics compelled him to return again and again. Join him as he dines with the Queen of Tonga; makes his way through two civil wars; visits the spots where surfing and bungee jumping originated; and expresses his love for the region where he is at once a tourist, explorer, adventurer, and native son. From Tahiti to Thailand, Mexico to Mozambique, Frater gives us a richly described, endlessly surprising picture of this diverse, feverish, languorously beautiful world.

    About Tales from the Torrid Zone

    Alexander Frater was born to a family of Scottish expatriates on the tiny island of Irikiki in the South Seas. Following his dreams of being a writer, Frater left home, but the call of the tropics compelled him to return again and again. Join him as he dines with the Queen of Tonga; makes his way through two civil wars; visits the spots where surfing and bungee jumping originated; and expresses his love for the region where he is at once a tourist, explorer, adventurer, and native son. From Tahiti to Thailand, Mexico to Mozambique, Frater gives us a richly described, endlessly surprising picture of this diverse, feverish, languorously beautiful world.

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    About Alexander Frater

    Alexander Frater has contributed to various U.K. publications and has been a contracted New Yorker writer; as chief travel correspondent of the London Observer he won an unprecedented number of British Press Travel Awards. His two most recent books, Beyond… More about Alexander Frater

    About Alexander Frater

    Alexander Frater has contributed to various U.K. publications and has been a contracted New Yorker writer; as chief travel correspondent of the London Observer he won an unprecedented number of British Press Travel Awards. His two most recent books, Beyond… More about Alexander Frater

    Product Details

    Paperback | $14.95
    Published by Vintage
    Feb 12, 2008 | 400 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780307388261
    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    Jun 15, 2011 | 400 Pages | ISBN 9780307795250

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    Praise

    “Lyrical [and] moving. . . . Part memoir, part travel yarn, a hymn to the solar lands.” —The New York Times Book Review

    “Entertaining. . . . This world is literally teeming with natural wonders, local characters, and wild stories.” —The Boston Globe

    “A book to treasure on many levels. . . . Be prepared to be fascinated.”
    —The Washington Times

    ‘Fascinating. . . . A diverting, loose-limbed tour of the earth’s hot zones. . . . Mr Frater, a genial tour guide and a stylish writer, makes excellent company.” —The New York Times

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