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Finished the travel writer book. It was unable to resolve the contradictions of backpackers who want to find the "real" "untouched" locations and the reliance on guidebooks that serve only to funnel people down a well worn tourist trail. To his credit the author did demonstrate ample self-awareness and acknowledge the problem, and it was never the central thesis of the book. If anything it underlined that the guidebooks themselves are of questionable authority, relying on freelance writers like the author who, due to a tight deadline, demanding editors and a low budget resorted to taking advantage of quid pro quo while canvassing hotel and restaurant owners for their opinions on where to stay and where to eat.
Now reading What Not. From the blurb: "Rose Macaulay’s speculative novel of post-First World War eugenics and newspaper manipulation that anticipated Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World by 14 years."
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