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A. A. Gill Is Away

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ISBN-10: 0304362158

ISBN-13: 9780304362158

Edition: 2002

Authors: A. A. Gill

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A A Gill is probably the most read columnist in Britain. Every weekend he entertains readers of the Sunday Times with his biting observations on television and his unsparing, deeply knowledgeable restaurant reviews. Even those who want to hate him agree: A A Gill is hopelessly, painfully funny. He is one of a tiny band of must-read journalists and it is always a disappointment when the words AA Gill is Away appear at the foot of his column. This book is the fruit of those absences: 22 long travel pieces that belie his reputation as a mere style journalist and master of vitriol: this is travel writing of the highest quality and ambition.
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Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

A. A. Gill is probably the most read columnist in Britain. Every weekend he entertains readers of the Sunday Times with his biting observations on television and his unsparing, deeply knowledgeable restaurant reviews, which have been published as Paper View and Table Talk. He has written three books on travel: A. A. Gill is Away, Previous Convictions and A. A. Gill is Further Away, as well as two novels, and full-length studies of England, The Angry Island, and America, The Golden Door.

Foreword
How it works
The end of the road: Sudan, May 1998
Out of their element: The Kalahari, January 1998
Game boy: Tanzania, January 1998
I don't know what makes you angry: Uganda, October 2000
Selassie come home: Ethiopia, December 2000
Awayday in a manger: Bethlehem, December 1999
The fatal shore: The Aral Sea, July 2000
The city that Russia forgot: Kaliningrad, June 2001
A short walk in the Hindu crush: India, January 1999
Mad in Japan: Tokyo, September 2001
Born to be riled: California, October 1999
When DD met A. A.: US Pornography, November 1999
Sex and the city: Cuba, March 1999
Ride 'em chowboy: Argentina, January 2001
The thin line: Milan Fashion Week, October 1995
Hunforgiven: Germany, July 1999
Dripping yarns: Iceland, March 2000
The coolest beauty contest in the world: Judging Miss Iceland, October 2000
Scumball rally: Monaco, October 2001
Return of the native: Scotland, May 1999
The Wilmslow boys: Cheshire, October 1999
Look who's stalking: The British Army's sniping course, Wales, January 2000
To the manure born: The Royal Agricultural Show, September 2000
Last exit to Whipsnade: The M1, February 2001
Roller derby: Owning a Rolls Royce, October 2001