Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

Name: Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Brand: Orion Publishing Co
SKU: 9781474625838
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By Michael Palin

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"Hemingway's world was close and uncomfortable and itchy and sweaty and frequently exhausting... This stuff was too good to be wasted on school exams. I must be bold and fearless and go out there and do it myself." Join Michael Palin as he journeys from the... Read More

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Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

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Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure

A winning combination of No.1 travel writer Michael Palin and one of the great literary figures of the century.

Description

Join Michael Palin as he journeys from the forests of North Michigan to the bars of Cuba in a quest to unravel some of the myths of Ernest Hemingway's life. Along the way, he encounters the running of the bulls in Pamplona, stands at the site of Hemingway's plane crash in Uganda, and feels the rush of marlin fishing on the Gulf Stream in this wonderful blend of pilgrimage and adventure.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781474625838

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 18 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Illustration: 150

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 225g

Pages: 224

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Michael Palin Non-Fiction Travel & Adventure

About the Author

Michael Palin has written and starred in numerous TV programmes and films, from Monty Python and Ripping Yarns to The Missionary and The Death of Stalin. He has also made several much-acclaimed travel documentaries, his journeys taking him to the North and South Poles, the Sahara Desert, the Himalayas, Eastern Europe and Brazil. His books include accounts of his journeys, two novels (Hemingway's Chair and The Truth), three volumes of diaries, Erebus, the Story of a Ship and Great Uncle Harry. From 2009 to 2012 he was president of the Royal Geographical Society. He received a BAFTA fellowship in 2013, and a knighthood in the 2019 New Year Honours list. He lives in London.