Mark Walters (2)

Most of what passes for travel writing these days is tbh pish. This isn't.
Whilst the title is probably a nod to the great Hunter ST, and there is a good amount of debauchery I also got echos of Bruce Chatwin at times (his good stuff) Some nice descriptive prose, some humour - but not at the expense at the narrative - and the first time I've read of someone else travelling through some non-descript foreign town and wondering what a life lived there would be like and getting that across in the same way that I have felt it.
The final chapter on Mark taking Ayahuasca could have been really cringe worthy, but did seem to get across the experience - if he can remember it mind - although I would have liked a summary on how he felt in the days/weeks after it, rather than the abrupt end.… (más)