Hitching Rides with Buddha - by Will Ferguson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Take a humorist from the Great White North -- one part Bob and Doug McKenzie, the other Bill Bryson -- feed him lots of sake, and set him loose hitchhiking his way through polite Japanese society. The result is one of the warmest and funniest travelogues you've read. It had never been done before. Not in four thousand years of Japanese recorded history had anyone followed the Cherry Blossom Front from one end of the country to the other. Nor had anyone hitchhiked the length of Japan. And, as Ferguson learns, it illustrates that to travel is better than to arrive.<BR><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Take a humorist from the Great White North -- one part Bob and Doug McKenzie, the other Bill Bryson -- feed him lots of sake, and set him loose hitchhiking his way through polite Japanese society. The result is one of the warmest and funniest travelogues you've read. It had never been done before. Not in four thousand years of Japanese recorded history had anyone followed the Cherry Blossom Front from one end of the country to the other. Nor had anyone hitchhiked the length of Japan. And, as Ferguson learns, it illustrates that to travel is better than to arrive.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Praise for "Hitching Rides with Buddha: <BR>"The road book of the year. . . A warm-hearted account with a generous helping of satire."<BR>--"The Daily Telegraph <BR>"A mild stroke of genius. . . Savagely hilarious."<BR>--"Sunday Herald <BR>"You trust both his humour and his insights. . . . An admirable pair of eyes through which to see contemporary Japan."<BR>--"The Observer <BR>"I enjoyed Hitching Rides with Buddha immensely. Will Ferguson is a very gifted writer."<BR>--Bill Bryson <BR>Praise for "Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw: <BR>"Ferguson's strength does not lie in whether he writes funny or not. His strength is that he writes so well."<BR>--"Times Colonist (Victoria) <BR>"Yet another masterfully entertaining examination of Canuckishness penned by the Calgary author. . . . Ferguson's fascination with Canadiana is infectious."<BR>--"Calgary Herald <BR>"Full of surprises . . . and idiosyncratic charms. . . . Travel writers don't always get to climb Everest or visit the Taj Mahal, and they can be judged best by what they come up with on a slow day. Ferguson is good when he's sipping a handful of icy water out of Hudson Bay; he's better eating pancakes in a Finnish restaurant in Thunder Bay."<BR>--"National Post <BR>"Lively storytelling . . . Artful descriptions of the Canadian landscape."<BR>--"The Globe and Mail <BR>"Will Ferguson is a talent. He writes refreshingly, provocatively and eloquently. . . . He looks for the essence and his search brings out some smashingly insightful stuff."<BR>--"Ottawa Citizen<br>
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