Book Review of Round the Bend
Round the Bend: From Luton to Peru to Ningaloo, A Life After Redundacy By: Alistair McGuinness 256 pages Genre: Travel Memoir Publisher: Matador Publication Date: November 26, 2013 Buy it here: Amazon * I received a complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: Three things happened simultaneously. The lioness charged, Alistair fled across the parched savannah and his wife screamed for him to run faster. Stuffed deep inside his tattered rucksack was a guidebook containing advice on what to do in wildlife emergencies, which he planned to read if he survived the next thirty seconds. Future plans to climb Kilimanjaro, teach English in the Amazon and live in Australia were temporarily forgotten as he turned to face the pouncing lioness, thinking back to the words of advice from his mother-in-law. "Don't do anything silly, and look after Francine." From deep underground in a remote Bolivian mine to the scorched Australian outback,...