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Feb 12, 2008 | ISBN 9780307388261 Buy
Jun 15, 2011 | ISBN 9780307795250 Buy
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Feb 12, 2008 | ISBN 9780307388261
Jun 15, 2011 | ISBN 9780307795250
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.
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
“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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