Keep Your Day Job
June, 1999
Armchair travel books have improved tremendously over the past few years. Gone is the stereotypical travel writer, the know-it-all in a bush jacket who makes fun of various pidgin cultures. In his place is a quirky observer of human nature, a fallible traveler who is usually a source of great amusement to those he encounters. One writer responsible for this rejuvenation is Eric Newby, the self-effacing travel editor of London's Observer. Lonely Planet has reissued Newby's classics in paperback....
