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AA Gill is Away (The Hungry Student)

AA Gill is Away (The Hungry Student)

by Adrian Gill (Author)

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    Hardcover 2002

    $3.34
Synopsis

A A Gill is probably the most read columnist in Britain. Every weekend he entertains readers of the SUNDAY TIMES with his biting observations on television and his unsparing, deeply knowledgeable restaurant reviews. Even those who want to hate him agree: A A Gill is hopelessly, painfully funny. He is one of a tiny band of must-read journalists and it is always a disappointment when the words 'AA Gill is Away' appear at the foot of his column. This book is the fruit of those absences: 22 long travel pieces that belie his reputation as a mere style journalist and master of vitriol: this is travel writing of the highest quality and ambition.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 256
 Publisher: W&N
Published: 11 Apr 2002
ISBN 10: 0304362158
ISBN 13: 9780304362158
Book Overview: The book that will establish A A Gill's credentials as one of the most forceful, original and unmistakable of contemporary writers Travel and humour are a hugely popular combination (cf Bill Bryson and Tony Hawks) A beautifully packaged book, memorably illustrated by Gill's photographic collaborators including Don McCullin and Peter Marlow

Media Reviews
AA GILL IS AWAY by AA Gill AM AA Gill did an excellent event at the Hay Festival on Sunday 2 June and there has been masses of coverage for his collection of travel essays.GQ magazine have run an eight page illustrated extract from the introduction in the book, which is in their May issue, out now. The Sunday Times Travel Section have run a big piece about the Kalahari desert, which is similar to the one in the book but hasn't been used by the Sunday Times.Adrian is doing/has done the following interviews: Jonathan Ross Show (BBC Radio 2) live interview on Saturday 27th April for 45 minutes, Richard Allinson Show (BBC Radio 2) a pre-recorded interview to run Thursday 9th May; Nicky Campbell Show (BBC Radio 5 Live) live interview on Wednesday 1st May from 11 - 12noon with other guests and phone-in from general public; Cover Stories (BBC Radio Scotland), Muriel Gray is doing a pre-recorded interview to be broadcast on Thursday 9th May, Robert Elms Show (London Live) on 1 May and an interview on Loose Ends (BBC Radio 4), 4 May. Adrian has done the regular Q&Aslot for Scotland on Sunday which ran on 28 April, an interview with the Edinburgh Evening News, an interview in the Evening Standard, which ran on 1 May, an interview in DSide magazine (Irish Face), May issue, and in interview with Bol.com which will run around publication together with the Sunday Telegraph's Case History interview in their travel pages Reviews are starting to come in and they're excellent 'in this collection of 25 accounts of trips abroadhe comes across as both funny and compassionate.'Clare Heal, The Daily Express 'His reporting here is spot-on: clear-eyed, informative and compassionate...his work is always ...surprising, original, stimulating and, for that reason, always worth reading.'Lynn Barber Daily Telegraph 'This is one of those rare books that I never wanted to end. While I hate missing any of Gill's acerbic restaurant and television reviews, I'll no longer wince at the words 'AA Gill is away' printed on the bottom of the page. It means that I'm in for a real treat when he returns to tell me where he's been.'Lee Randall, Scotland onSunday 'His objective is to interview places, and perhaps this is why the feel of the journalism is compassionate.... Entertaining.'Sarah Jenkins TNT Maga
Author Bio
AA Gill is the author of two novels SAP RISING (1997) and STARCROSSED (1999) and books on two of London's most famous restaurants, The Ivy and Le Caprice. He is the TV and restaurant critic for the SUNDAY TIMES and is contributing editor to GQ magazine.