The Excursionist - Hardcover

Sumner, J D

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 191119545X ISBN 13: 9781911195450

Publisher: Whitefox Publishing Ltd, 2017

Synopsis

The anti-Eat Pray Love – A darkly satirical comic novel about travel, the need to visit as much of the planet as possible and the pressure to have meaningful experiences when you get there.

 

A brilliant book for anyone who loves to or wants to travel, The Excursionist is both a look at the drive to visit new places and a reminder that wherever you go you take yourself with you.

 

Newly single Jack Kaganagh longs to visit one hundred countries and the join the Travelers' Century Club before his landmark birthday. There is just one problem: Jack's enthusiasm for travel is matched only by his unsuitability to do so.

 

Travelling alone for the first time following the death of his partner, Kay, he flies to the Coronation Islands, fumbling around in dreamily faraway places in order to tick off his last three countries. He soon discovers that the more of the world he sees, the less he understands. A satirical, darkly comic novel, The Excursionist is about the entire travel experience and why we do it.

About this title

About the Author

J. D. Sumner has visited over 130 countries and suffers from Dromomania i.e. the compulsion to travel. J. D. Sumner graduated from The Oscar Wilde Centre, Trinity College Dublin, has a PhD in Satirical Travel Writing from Royal Holloway College, University of London and now lives in Buckinghamshire, England. J. D. Sumner writes for people who have a sense of humour and those who don't.

Edition details

• Publisher: Whitefox Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 191119545X
• ISBN 13: 9781911195450
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 226