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The South American Diaries

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

The South American Diaries

By John Hopkins

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About the book

While writing a novel set in South America, John Hopkins travelled back there to "reacquaint himself with the scene". In 1972-3, he travelled by train, bus and boat from Mexico City to the centre of the continent, through Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua and on to Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. Hopkins travelled slowly, deliberately, savouring every experience along the way. But the journey was fraught with his angst-ridden strivings to write his novel and with the troubled love h...Show more

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ISBN

9781780768250

Publisher

I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.

Published year

2016

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1

Original title

The South American Diaries

Format

Paperback

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