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The nation's favourite idiot is back. Safely home from his latest travels, Karl has decided it is time to share his hard earned wisdom of the world. Taking the Bucket List of '100 Things to Do Before You Die' as his starting point, Karl combines brilliant stories from his recent adventures to Alaska, Siberia and beyond with entertaining, highly opinionated views on what other people aspire to do with their lives. 'Why on earth would anybody want to run with the bulls in Pamplona? Go 'storm chasing' through Tornado Alley? Have lunch with the Queen? Or touch hands with the Pope?' The Further Adventures of An Idiot Abroad is a fitting finale to two years of eventful globe trotting. Frank, funny and strangely inspiring, this is Karl's final word on travel. No library descriptions found. |
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I didn't like that it shoehorns the third season of the show (the three-part special with Warwick Davis) into just a few pages at the back, as surely that trip was substantial enough to warrant its own chapter, or maybe even its own (shorter) book. But that's my only gripe; the book is hilarious and I was practically crying with laughter at points, both from the book and from the scenes from the TV show which the book would remind me of. Though I find quite a few books funny or amusing, there are very few which actually have the ability to make me forget myself and just bawl uncontrollably with laughter. This is definitely one of them.
To be fair, Karl's grumpiness about some of the supposedly amazing things you have to do before you die is warranted, particularly when noting how some of these things are now just busy, soulless tourist traps. Some of the things on the list have lost what was special about them, by becoming special," he notes on page 292 in a rare moment of genuine eloquence. Because although Karl's stuff is mainly about the laughs, he also presents to us the reality of travelling and experiencing supposedly life-changing activities. In a way, Karl Pilkington is Bullshit Man, the superhero he came up with to "stop people talking shit". You realise that whilst you may think you want to do all this stuff yourself, in reality you - like Karl - probably just want to sit at home eating biscuits and having a cup of tea. And when you can have a book as good as this one to keep you company, is that such a bad thing?" ( )