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The British actor and humorist describes his eighty-day journey around the world--by train, taxi, camel, dogsled, cargo ship, and balloon--following in the footsteps of the inimitable Phileas Fogg. Reprint. TV tie-in. 25,000 first printing. IP.
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The first of Palin's highly acclaimed travel trilogy, Around the World in 80 Days finds the former Monty Python comic swapping his dead parrot for his rucksack, and setting off in the footsteps of Jules Verne's intrepid traveller, Phileas Fogg. In 1872 Fogg set off from The Reform Club in London on an 80-day journey around the globe which took him through southern Europe, the Middle East, China and the USA.
Palin's journey is no less hectic and incident-packed than his illustrious predecessor, as he pursues Fogg in an increasingly frenetic attempt to get back to the Reform Club within the allotted 80 days. Along the way we are treated to Palin's trademark traveller's tales and bizarre journeys, from the idyllic but at times traumatic medieval boat journey across the Indian Ocean, to dog-sledding and ballooning across the USA. Some of the finest sections come with Palin's often hilarious accounts of cultural confusion encountered throughout India and the Far East. Around the World in 80 Days is full of what has made Palin such a popular and enjoyable travel writer: wry, humorous, but ultimately humane observations on the world's foibles, and the pleasure and pains of travelling. --Jerry Brotton
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The first of Michael Palin's travel adventures in a new, completely redesigned and updated edition.
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- PublisherBay Books
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0912333391
- ISBN 13 9780912333397
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages262
- EditorPalin Michael
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