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 enlarge | Author: Alexander Frater
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 555340
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 1
ISBN: 0307388263
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780307388261
ASIN: 0307388263
Publication Date: February 12, 2008
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So Many Fascinating Stories ... But When Did They Happen? April 10, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The structure of Frater's book is built around his birth to a missionary family in the South Pacific, the love of the tropics that never left him despite many years in rainy England, and his purchase of a new bell for the church founded by his grandfather. A long time travel writer for a British newspaper, Frater has many good stories to tell, and they surface in this book in strange ways; a moment in, say, Fiji, wil remind him of a previous moment, in Mozambique for example, which will remind him of yet another story. Although this is certainly a change from itinerary-based travel writing, I would have liked to at least have footnotes saying when exactly a set of events took place. I often had to re-read paragraphs and sections after I realized that he was in Vanuatu, reminiscing about someplace like Burma.
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