South America - Good travel fiction to read?
Written by master on April 7th, 2009
kommz asked:
Going travelling in South America (Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina) & Cuba next year, can someone recommend good topical reading while travelling? (not travel guides!)
Preferably travel fiction based in those countries, but true stories also welcome. Previous good travel reads i liked were The Beach (travel in thailand) and The Full Montezuma (travel in south america (very good!)). Any tips much appreciated!!
Going travelling in South America (Bolivia, Peru, Chile, Argentina) & Cuba next year, can someone recommend good topical reading while travelling? (not travel guides!)
Preferably travel fiction based in those countries, but true stories also welcome. Previous good travel reads i liked were The Beach (travel in thailand) and The Full Montezuma (travel in south america (very good!)). Any tips much appreciated!!
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PM
I recommend the Guide to the perfect Latin American Idiot.. its very good. Not a travel fictional book, but a book that explains the harsh truth of extremist left and right governments in latin america.
The other book is The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey by Ernesto Che Guevara. It is good too.
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PM
marching powder, a british guy gets caught up in the bolivian drug trade and spends years in a prison
Patagonian Express.paul theroux travels from boston to argentina on trains
cloud garden. 2 brits hiking through the darien gap and captured by guerillas and held captive for 9 months
Mosquito Coast -fiction..but good