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Description

The author of Video Night in Kathmandu ups the ante on himself in this sublimely evocative and acerbically funny tour through the world's loneliest and most eccentric places. From Iceland to Bhutan to Argentina, Iyer remains both uncannily observant and hilarious.

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First Sentence

On every trip I took to Havana, the ritual was the name: I would get into a car with two of my friends (into a '56 De Soto most likely), and we would judder off towards Jose Marti International Airport.

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  1. Pico Iyer (Author)
 

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