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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Travels with Aliceby Calvin Trillin
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This delightful book collects Calvin Trillin's accounts of his trips to Europe with his wife, Alice, and their two daughters. In Taormina, Sicily, they cheerfully disagree with Mrs. Tweedie's 1904 assertion that the beautiful town "is being spoilt," and skip the Grand Tour in favor of swimming holes, table soccer, and taureaux piscine. In Paris, they spend a day on the Champs- Elysées comparing Freetime's "le Hitburger" to McDonald's Big Mac. In Spain, Trillin wonders whether he will run out of Spanish "the way someone might run out of flour or eggs." Filled with Trillin's characteristic humor, Travels with Alice is the perfect book for summer travelers. Review:"If he were a stand-up comedian, these essays would be called routines; whatever one calls them, they're sure to raise a smile. The peripatetic, insatiably curious Trillin is invariably entertaining." Publishers Weekly Review:"Utterly delightful...the sophisticated traveler masquerading as innocent abroad." Newsday Review:"One of the classiest and funniest writers...Tantalizing and hilarious." New York Times Book Review Review:"Trillin's skillful blend of travel, food and humor is an entertaining excursion." Christian Science Monitor About the AuthorCalvin Trillin has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1963. He lives in New York. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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