Steve Hely

"This is the story of [Pete] Tarslaw's effort to write the best-sellingest best seller of all time, and what its success costs him in the end."--Back cover.

How I Became a Famous Novelist

"The story of Steve's trip from Los Angeles to the bottom of South America, presented in 102 short chapters. The trip was ambitious--Steve traveled through Mexico City, ancient Mayan ruins, the jungles and coffee plantations and remote beaches of Central America, across the Panama Canal, by sea to Colombia, to the wild Easter celebration of Popayan, to the Amazon rainforest, the Inca sites of Cuzco and Machu Picchu, to the Galapagos Islands, the Atacama Desert of Chile, and down to the jagged and wind-worn land of Patagonia, at the very end of the western hemisphere. Steve's plan was to discover the weird, wonderful, and absurd--not to ignore the challenges and problems in Central and South America--but to focus on the incredible, delightful people and experiences that came his way"--

True Stories from Los Angeles to the End of the World

The Wonder Trail

Vali Chandrasekaran

A satirical travelogue by a pair of television comedy writers recounts their competition to travel around the world in opposite directions without the benefit of airplanes, dual journeys they took by ocean freighter, railway, and other methods through myriad regions, from the West Bank and the Aleutian Islands to Rio and Mongolia. Original.

The Ridiculous Race

Steve Hely, writer for The Office and American Dad!, and recipient of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, presents a travel book about his journey through Central and South America. Part travel book, part pop history, part comic memoir, Hely's writing will make readers want to reach for their backpack and hiking boots. The Wonder Trail is the story of a trip from Los Angeles to the bottom of South America, presented in 102 short chapters. From Mexico City to Oaxaca; into ancient Mayan ruins; the jungles, coffee plantations, and remote beaches of Central America; across the Panama Canal; by sea to Colombia; to the wild Easter celebration of Popayán; to the Amazon rainforest; the Inca sites of Cuzco and Machu Picchu; to the Galápagos Islands; the Atacama Desert of Chile; and down to wind-worn Patagonia at the bottom of the Western Hemisphere; Steve traveled collecting stories, adventures, oddities, marvels, bits of history and biography, tales of weirdos, fun facts, and anything else interesting or illuminating. Steve's plan was to discover the unusual, wonderful, and absurd in Central and South America, to seek and find the incredible, delightful people and experiences that came his way. And the book that resulted is just as fun. A blend of travel writing, history, and comic memoir, The Wonder Trail will inspire, inform, and delight.

Pete Tarslaw n'est pas satisfait. Si sa forme physique est correcte, ses amours sont un désastre et son parcours professionnel, pire. Mais tout va changer car Pete a une idée géniale : devenir un écrivain riche et célèbre ! Il n'a pas de talent particulier, mais ça n'a jamais empêché personne de passer à la télé. Un titre mystérieux, un personnage féminin inoubliable, un zeste de Seconde Guerre mondiale : le tour est joué. Certains diront qu'il n'y a pas de recette infaillible pour écrire un livre à succès. En fait, si.

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