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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

This Book Deserves to be More Popular:

I checked this book and to my dismay it has a ranking of about 80,000. on the Amazon.com sales list. Frankly I do not understand why it is so low since it is such a good book.

It has three things going for the book.

It is by Palin, so it is witty and funny and just an all round good read. It is broken down like a diary and explains his trip day by day, where he goes, who he meets, what the area and the people are like. It gives a good picture of this vast desert region. When you read this book you... more info

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