Previous Convictions: Assignments from Here and There

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Simon and Schuster, 10 de jun. de 2008 - 256 páginas
Critic, essayist and cultural savant A.A. Gill is probably the most widely read columnist in Britain. His books The Angry Island and A.A. Gill is away have found delighted fans in America as well, and sparked a loyal following.

His new book of travel essays, Previous Convictions, ranges from Gill's nearby domestic locales of Glastonbury and the English countryside to Haiti, Guatemala, Pakistan and exotic, dangerous, downtown Manhattan. In this collection of notes from the corners of the globe, and sometimes from the edge of sanity, he confesses about his travels far and wide, "The more I see of the world, the less I think I understand. Familiarity breeds even more astonishment. The world just gets wider and deeper and weirder."

These pieces are wickedly funny, sometimes pointedly -- even purposely -- critical of many cultures and traditions, and always edifying and enchanting. As an adventurer and as a writer, Gill never disappoints; while he may take others to task for their customs, habits, idiosyncrasies and plain bad taste, his own indefatigable curiosity keeps him going back again and again for more, and provides us with spectacular entertainment along the way.
 

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Glastonbury
3
britain
15
Father
19
son
25
Golf
31
Hunting
45
shooting
57
Dog
63
india
161
Vietnam
169
oman
177
iraq
185
Africa
195
sudan
199
south Africa
211
New york
231

beetles
71
Edward Hopper
81
Cartierbresson
89
Nude
95
Theatre
101
The RGs
109
Haiti
117
Guatemala
129
brazil
137
Pakistan
149
las Vegas
243
Texas
253
Greenland
261
Capri
273
Mykonos
279
Amsterdam
289
Acknowledgments
297
index
299
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Sobre o autor (2008)

A.A. Gill was born in Edinburgh, but has lived in London for most of his life. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair.

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