Full Circle: A Pacific Journey - Hardcover

Palin, Michael

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312169604 ISBN 13: 9780312169602

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1997

Synopsis

More than two hundred color photos and maps dot this travel guide and memoir of the author's exploration of twenty-thousand miles worth of the Pacific Rim, including Tierra del Fuego, New Zealand, Australia, and other exotic locales. TV tie-in. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

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Review:

Having gone round the world and down the poles in Around the World in 80 Days and Pole to Pole, it seems fitting that Michael Palin should complete his travel odyssey for the BBC by completing Full Circle, the book which describes his journey through the 18 countries which border the Pacific Rim, and which make a rough circle of 11,000 miles in diameter. The result is a journey which, even by Palin's standards, is truly epic.

Pole to Pole represents what is probably Palin's most ambitious piece of travel writing to date, as he gradually begins to piece together a common Pacific culture, as he travels through Russia, Japan, China, Southeast Asia, Australia and South America. Often the sheer scope of the journey becomes overwhelming and slightly impressionistic, but as ever Palin's wit and wonder at his discoveries and encounters is unflagging, from the wonders of the ancient civilisations of Asia to the startling modernity and squalor of Latin America. It's all enough to turn you into a Buddhist, and, in Full Circle, Palin comes as close to conversion as it's possible for an old Python. --Jerry Brotton

Book Description:

Michael Palin's terrific account of his journey through 18 countries bordering the Pacific Ocean, published by Phoenix for the first time.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0312169604
• ISBN 13: 9780312169602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320