Travel Related Fiction

Travel Related Fiction
Travel related fiction books for armchair travelling and killer bus rides.

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FRENCH LETTERS Bruno Bouchet - Under the Provincal Sun, An Incredible Tale of Fathers, Scams & Lavander Moussaka
Satirises the Provence memoir with comic tale about a fraudulent French village where the residents pretend to be part of a forgotten community of Greek migrants, who have nurtured their own blend of cooking styles called Grecque-en-Provence, with meals including dolmades escargot and fetta fondue.

Price: AUD $8.00

HAVANA RED A scorching novel from the star of Cuban fiction by Leonardo Padura
A hard to find Cuban novel. This is a used book in good condition, clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $6.00

HIGHER GROUND Stories inspired by the courage and hope of children who survived the 2004 tsunami disaster, written by best selling authors
A book of stories inspired by the 2004 tsunami. This is a used book in good, read condition: clean with some reading wear to corners; rubbed-out bookseller pencil marks on first page. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $6.00

IMPOSSIBLE VACATION by Spalding Gray
A scarce travel novel by the late great actor, writer and performer, Spalding Gray. This is a used book in good condition: pages are clean and tanning with age; cover shows some wear and creasing; not mint but a good clean reading copy. See photos for cover blurb and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!


Price: AUD $9.00

IN THE COUNTRY OF MEN Hisham Matar
A novel (fiction) based in Tripoli, Libya.

Price: AUD $6.00

IN THE POND Ha Jin (China)
IN THE POND: a novel (fiction) presenting a close, unsentimental depiction of life in a small Chinese factory town.

Price: AUD $8.00

IS HARRY ON THE BOAT? Colin Butts
The bestselling cult novel about holiday reps in Ibiza, this looks like a hoot.

Price: AUD $5.00

JAKARTA Kerry B. Collison (Indonesia)
JAKARTA: a novel set in post-Soeharto Indonesia.

Price: AUD $5.00

JOSEPH CONRAD Youth, Heart of Darkness, The End of the Tether
Heart of Darkness is a traveller's must read: the novel that inspired the river journey and search for Kurtz in the movie Apocalypse Now. This ominbus also includes the seafaring novel The End of the Tether and the autobiographical Youth. This is a used book in good condition: clean with some wear around the edges; has been read several times; pages tanning at edges with age; book exchange stamp on first page. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Price: AUD $6.00

KICKING DOGS Collin Piprell - Surviving Bangkok's Boom - Thai Style
A scarce novel by a popular Thai expat writer.

Price: AUD $9.00

LAST YEAR IN HONG KONG Robert Elegant
A scarce novel (fiction) set in the final days before the Hong Kong handover.

Price: AUD $9.00

LEO THE AFRICAN by Amin Maalouf
Leo the African is a novel based on the true life story of Hasan al-Wazzan, the sixteenth-century traveller and writer who came to be known as Leo Africanus, or Leo the African. Book is in good condition with little reading wear, nice and clean, pages tanning lightly with age. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

LUST & CAUTION A Story by Eileen Chang (China)
LUST & CAUTION: a novel set in Japanese occupied China during World War II, later made into a film.

Price: AUD $8.00

MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA Arthur Golden (Japan)
MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA: the uber popular novel made into a Hollywood movie.

Price: AUD $5.00

MEXICO James A. Michener
An epic historical novel on Mexico by a master of the genre.

Price: AUD $10.00

MISS SMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW by Peter Hoeg
A most excellent novel which delves heavily into Danish and Greenland culture, highly recommended.

Price: AUD $5.00

MOLVANIA A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry by Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner and Rob Sitch
An hilarious spoof on travel guide books, highly recommended. I keep a copy of each of the books from this series by my bed, they are just so funny and cheer me up on 'brown' days. This is a used book in very good condition, nice and clean with only very light reading wear, pages are bright white and clean. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and conditoin - enjoy!

Price: AUD $7.49

MONKEY by Wu Chu eng-en (Monkey Magic!)
The classic novel based on the sixteenth century Chinese epic and inspiration for the cult 1980's TV show - Monkey.

Price: AUD $6.00

MONSOON COUNTRY by Pira Sudham
A rare novel based in Thailand by a Thai author, includes a few great photos. Book is used in good condition with light reading wear and age. Some creasing to cover and corners. See photos for condition, cover blurb and sample pages - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

MONSOON Di Morrissey (Vietnam)
MONSOON is a novel (fiction) set in Vietnam by popular author Di Morrissey.

Price: AUD $5.00