Tim Moore is the author of French Revolutions, The Grand Tour, and Frost on My Moustache. He lives in London.
"Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods, this feels like the natural sequel---a well-told comic misadventure with a history lesson woven in for good measure. This is about the most entertaining travel writing you're going to pick up this year. A rollicking ride through the Spanish countryside with quirky observations, more interesting company than Chaucer seemed to find, and an ass named Shinto who now has enough comic material to jump on the lecture circuit. Arriving in Santiago with Moore was even more enjoyable than the journey I made along the Camino myself. All the fun, none of the blisters." --Doug Lansky, author of Last Trout in Venice and First Time Around the World
Moore here amusingly chronicles yet another journey he has undertaken (see, for instance, French Revolutions and Frost on My Moustache). Approaching 40 and in need of a physical and spiritual overhaul, Moore becomes intrigued with a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, a medieval must-see. Deciding to make the trip, he acquires a donkey named Shinto and joins a stream of eccentric multinational pilgrims, who bike or walk or furtively jump in taxis as they travel from refugio to refugio along the well-worn route. Moore provides an entertaining account of coping with Shinto's aversion to crossing bridges or puddles, the ubiquitous flan, snoring fellow travelers, and squalid bathing options, all the while immersing his humor in details of historical interest and specific information about each stop and the modern-day trials of a pilgrim. Recommended for public libraries and general travel collections, as well as anyone thinking of taking a long walk with a donkey.-Melissa Stearns, Franklin Pierce Coll. Lib., Rindge, NH Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
"Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods, this feels like the natural sequel---a well-told comic misadventure with a history lesson woven in for good measure. This is about the most entertaining travel writing you're going to pick up this year. A rollicking ride through the Spanish countryside with quirky observations, more interesting company than Chaucer seemed to find, and an ass named Shinto who now has enough comic material to jump on the lecture circuit. Arriving in Santiago with Moore was even more enjoyable than the journey I made along the Camino myself. All the fun, none of the blisters." --Doug Lansky, author of Last Trout in Venice and First Time Around the World
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