Peter Biddlecombe
Auteur de French Lessons in Africa: Travels with My Briefcase Through French Africa
A propos de l'auteur
Œuvres de Peter Biddlecombe
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 20th Century
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- England
UK - Lieux de résidence
- Waldron, Sussex, England, UK
Membres
Critiques
Boring travel anecdotes by a pretentious prick
An easy holiday read. Peter Biddlecombe is often oppinionated, but always entertaining about his work and travels.
Peter Biddlecombe travels a lot for business, and although he says "Wherever I go I find people are friendly. Sometimes too friendly. Those that are not, I still treat as friends.", I'm glad he's not my friend. This book is full of anecdotes of the horrible places he's been, how awful things are there, and how superior he is.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 11
- Membres
- 408
- Popularité
- #59,622
- Évaluation
- 2.8
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 24
"Worse still, land in Atlanta, Georga, where they have the craziest luggage system I've ever come across anywhere in the entire galaxy. You get your luggage from the carousel. You go through Immigration. You go through Customs. I'm not saying they're slow. It's just that the last time I went through my passport expired by the time I got up to the desk."
But the rest of the book was full of all the negative things he has come to know of the countries he covered. About the only place that came off without the brunt of his scathing reports was Ho Chi Minh City. This one I am donating to the library booksale.… (plus d'informations)