GUERILLATRAVELER . . .BECAUSE IT'S THERE . . .
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WISH YOU WERE HERE published in English and Polish in the same cover with a free CD bonus track to listen to while you read. You've never read anything like this collection of GUERILLA TRAVELER adventures on the road from Afghanistan to England, from the Amazon to Petra, from eastern Europe to England and many other places. A collection of 14 stories previously published multiple times in various international papers and magazines in ten different countries.
Some travel writers live the life of luxury laying back in five-star hotels with a Magarita at their side while they pontificate about the world. But that isn't how interesting stories are found. Getting good stories needs writers who are willing to put themselves into the firing line, quite literally in some cases. WRR is one of those writers. The self-styled "Guerilla Traveler" lives his life "on the road" and this book is a selection of postcards sent from that destination. Places as diverse as the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, a tropical island off the coast of Brazil, and an English cricket match. Other writers want to get the story. Richardson wants to be the story. Not that there is anything wrong with that, his views on the world are usually rather entertaining and he does know when to let the story take center stage. Some people will doubtless be put off by the slightly Smart Alec approach. The simple fact is that the author most probably is smarter than most of his readers . . . This is a book which you should really get your hands on. For all of its stylistic failings, it is well worth reading, even if it does take a good thirty pages to hit its stride. As you go further it gets better with the best (of the writing, the author and the stories) saved for last.
Wik (Warsaw and Culture) magazine
"William Roderick Richardson tells it like it is. He does not write from the couch, and he does not get his ideas from the local book club or late-night television shows. He lives hard, writes hard--and is sometimes outrageous and often brilliant. But in a world full of travel writers who should probably just go back to selling insurance, it is refreshing to read someone whose last story may actually be his last story. I believe that is how it is supposed to be, and this is where Richardson undoubtedly excels."
Preston Smith, editor Interfax News Agency Central Europe, in Poland Monthly magazine
"Most reporters set out just to get a story. The thing that makes Richardson different is that he doesn't just get any story. He gets THE story."
Jorg Droll, Managing Editor Maxim magazine, Munich
"Acutely observed"
Newsweek Poland
"A thoroughbred reporter." Dziennik, daily newspaper, Poland
You can order WISH YOU WERE HERE by sending an email above.
A different voice . . . a different message.
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