Synopses & Reviews
Alexander Frater was born to a family of Scottish expatriates on the tiny island of Irikiki in the South Seas. Following his dreams of being a writer, Frater left home, but the call of the tropics compelled him to return again and again.
Join him as he dines with the Queen of Tonga; makes his way through two civil wars; visits the spots where surfing and bungee jumping originated; and expresses his love for the region where he is at once a tourist, explorer, adventurer, and native son.
From Tahiti to Thailand, Mexico to Mozambique, Frater gives us a richly described, endlessly surprising picture of this diverse, feverish, languorously beautiful world.
Review:
“Lyrical [and] moving. . . . Part memoir, part travel yarn, a hymn to the solar lands.” —The New York Times Book Review
Review:
“Entertaining. . . . This world is literally teeming with natural wonders, local characters, and wild stories.” —The Boston Globe
About the Author
Alexander Frater has contributed to various U.K. publications and has been a contracted
New Yorker writer; as chief travel correspondent of the London
Observer he won an unprecedented number of British Press Travel Awards. His two most recent books,
Beyond the Blue Horizon and
Chasing the Monsoon, have been made into major BBC television films. He lives in London but travels frequently to the tropics.
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