Exact Fare Only II: Good, Bad and Ugly Trips on Public Transit - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1895636558 ISBN 13: 9781895636550

Publisher: Anvil Press, 2003

Synopsis

Back with more, 'Exact Fare Only 2' is the follow-up collection of the weird, the wild and the wonderful of commuter literature. Whether by land, sea or air, public transit around the world says more about the human condition than many want to admit. These real-life tales, reflections, poems, and rants are required reading for commuters everywhere. Join Teresa McWhirter as she gets propositioned on a cross-country Greyhound, Matthew Firth accidentally witnessing a midnight exchange ofessential services, Scott Gunning encountering compassion on a third-class bus in southern India, Catherine McNeil who misses her ride and discovers the cost of a stranger's kindness, and follow ten years of Patricia Rutale's life as a TTC rider negotiating urban legends, prejudice, come-ons and bright-eyed awe. "In 'Exact Fare Only', tragicomedy sits alongside subtle, and not so subtle, social commentary and wry, mordant humour as the writers navigate and negotiate the myriad unwritten rulesand unspoken protocols of public transit, seeking that most elusive destination: their stop." - Book in Canada

Edition details

• Publisher: Anvil Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1895636558
• ISBN 13: 9781895636550
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180
• Editor: Ian Cockfield