{"product_id":"marco-polo-didnt-go-there-stories-and-revelations-from-one-decade-as-a-postmodern-travel-writer-9781609521516","title":"Marco Polo Didn't Go There: Stories and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarco Polo Didn’t Go There\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of rollicking travel tales from a young writer \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e has called “Jack Kerouac for the Internet Age.” For the past ten years, Rolf Potts has taken his keen postmodern travel sensibility into the far fringes of five continents for such prestigious publications as \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveler, Salon.com,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. This book documents his boldest, funniest, and most revealing journeys—from getting stranded without water in the Libyan desert, to crashing the set of a Leonardo DiCaprio movie in Thailand, to learning the secrets of Tantric sex in a dubious Indian ashram.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarco Polo Didn’t Go There\u003c\/i\u003e is more than just an entertaining journey into fascinating corners of the world. The book is a unique window into travel writing, with each chapter containing a “commentary track”—endnotes that reveal the ragged edges behind the experience and creation of each tale. Offbeat and insightful, this book is an engrossing read for students of travel writing as well as armchair wanderers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Potts is one of the best travel writers to emerge in the last decade.\u003cbr\u003eIntrepid and thoughtful, he's a Paul Theroux for the backpacker\u003cbr\u003egeneration, and \u003ci\u003eMarco Polo\u003c\/i\u003e reflects this.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This hilarious collection of stories provokes because Potts asks the\u003cbr\u003eserious question of how to travel in a discovered world. ...If you aspire\u003cbr\u003eto be a travel writer, read this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (U.K.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Potts isn't so much a travel reporter as a story teller. ...He's more\u003cbr\u003eabout getting under the skin of a place — detailing a cast of characters\u003cbr\u003ethat would either enthrall or scare the hell out of most travelers,\u003cbr\u003edepending on where they come down on the trust-paranoia continuum.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eOrange County Register\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An equal mix of humor and enlightenment...Potts shows travelers and\u003cbr\u003ewould-be travelers the joy of immersing oneself in a foreign culture.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best Books of 2008\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Potts, Internet raconteur and travel-advice sage, is the kind of guy you\u003cbr\u003ewish the pubs had more of: well traveled, generous with funny stories,\u003cbr\u003eeager to listen to yours. You feel envious that you weren't with him in\u003cbr\u003eCairo to share the convivial squalor of a backpacker hotel, or at an\u003cbr\u003eIndian ashram to study Tantric sex, or even in the Libyan Desert, in the\u003cbr\u003edark, out of water and lost. And he's able to draw insights from all that\u003cbr\u003ewithout draining the fun out of the conversation — difficult to carry off\u003cbr\u003ein a pub or a book.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Armchair travelers will get an enormous kick out of this thoroughly\u003cbr\u003eentertaining book.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Travelers' Tales, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359724863831,"sku":"9781609521516","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781609521516.jpg?v=1754125522","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/marco-polo-didnt-go-there-stories-and-revelations-from-one-decade-as-a-postmodern-travel-writer-9781609521516","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}