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Synopsis
The Gringo trail is the backpacker's route through South America that has become a modern legend amongst travellers. The book follows the experiences of four tripping gringos. Charting their tempestuous travels, no one could have anticipated the incredible outcome of this journey.
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'... not for the faint hearted... an uncompromising account of
drugs on the road... a tumultuous trip through... South America'
-- St Christopher's Inn youth hostel website
'An entertaining and informative read.' -- Cambrian News, March 27 2008
It's a terrifically raw account, refusing to glamourise the trip... [captures] the essence of backpacking so perfectly. -- Andrew Lawless, Three Monkeys Online
From the Publisher
Fact is stranger than fiction.
Whether you have been to South America or not - the places, images, characters and dialogue that you will encounter in 'The Gringo Trail' will affect you. Mann's caustic humour cuts to the quick; his narrative is compelling to the last. His characters are inextricably linked in a relationship that will amuse, exasperate and intrigue.
'The Gringo Trail' is non-fiction writing, purveying the sense, as in life, of the interconnected relationship between fantasy and reality. Mann writes in order to expand our minds, not only in the magic realism of the drug episodes but also in our exposure to the politics and humanity of ancient and modern South America. 'The Gringo Trail' is highly reminiscent of the ever popular and cultic drug travelogues - the text taps into youth culture sensationalism in the same way as the immensely sucessful 'On the Road' and 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'.
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- PublisherSummersdale Publishers
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1840240946
- ISBN 13 9781840240948
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages288
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Paperback. Condition: VG++/VG/ND. y First Thus 1st. Imp. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: States 1st. Thus* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2001* Publisher: Summersdale Publishers UK* Binding and cover condition: Lurid colour illustrated soft card covers, no bumps or rubs. Minimal shelf wear to edges & corners, very light creases & dish to spine. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY, Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, marks or inscriptions. No tanning. Page edges very slightly grubby. VG++* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 317 pp. text. iii pp. bibliography & advertisements at rear.* Product Description:- Asia has the hippie trail, South America has the gringo trail. Mark Mann sets off to explore the ancient monuments, mountains and rain-forests of South America . But for his friend, South America meant only one thing: drugs. It's a terrifically raw account, refusing to glamorise the trip.Sad, funny and shocking, this is an On the Road for the Lonely Planet generation. This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st edition thus, with minimal shelf & reading wear reducing it to VG+* 2001-01-01. n. Seller Inventory # 3830
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