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Title: Halfway Around the World: An Improbable Journey by Gavin Young ISBN: 0-394-52114-5 Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: 01 October, 1983 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $1.98

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Truly excellent
Comment: This book moves at an even pace and presents the events in an understated style. Gavin Young's deep interest in the people around him, and in the cultures and histories with which he comes in contact, caught my interest early and held it to the end of the book. This is a deceptively thrilling book--a travelogue as riveting as any spy tale.

I believe this book is the same as "Slow Boats to China." I'm currently reading the sequel, "Slow Boats Home," and am already hooked in the first few chapters.

Rating: 5
Summary: Halfway Around The World - I Felt Like I Was There
Comment: Travel writing at its best! A warm, personal and engaging style that puts the reader right there. History, politics, religion and culture all combine to give a place its own special feel, and Mr. Young brings it all alive, including sights, sounds, smells and the local cuisine. He makes the scary parts send a chill up your spine and even the mundane takes on a new color when seen through the filter of his insights and experiences. I plan to look for other books by this author.