A.A. Gill is Further Away

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From the moment he joined The Sunday Times, A.A Gill has wanted to interview places - to discover the personality of a place as if it were a person, to listen and talk to it. A selection of the very best pieces that Gill has written over the past five years, A.A GILL IS FURTHER AWAY is a wonderfully insightful and funny compendium of travel writing taken mostly from The Sunday Times, but also from GQ, Tatler and Conde Nast Traveller. Gill writes with a clarity and acerbity that conveys the intensity of his experiences in his travels around the world. His book includes essays on Sudan, India, Cuba, Germany and California. In each piece, there is a central image Gill uses as the key to unlocking the personality of a place.

A.A Gill was born in Edinburgh. He is the author of two novels, Sap Rising (1997) and Starcrossed (1999), books on two of London's most famous restaurants, The Ivy and Le Caprice. He is also the author A.A. GILL IS AWAY, THE ANGRY ISLAND, PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS, TABLE TALK and, most recently, PAPER VIEW. He is the TV and restaurant critic for the Sunday Times. He lives in London and spends much of his year travelling.

'Gill is one of the handful [of journalists] whose pieces are worth collecting' -- Kate Saunders * SUNDAY TIMES * 'Underlying all the hype, the wit, the glittering rococo brilliance of his style, there is also the most solid and underrated of journalistic virtues - the power to convey a scene in words so that readers feel they are present' * DAILY TELEGRAPH * Gill applies his acerbity on Sudan, India, Cuba, Germany and California, uncovering the personality of each place much as he does with his celebrity interviewees * NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER * (Gill) never fails to write with power and wit * LONELY PLANET MAGAZINE * Describing each location with equal wonder, he makes Morris dancers sound as exotic as Madagascan tribes * SHORTLIST * Whatever his methods, not many writers can so succinctly drill down into a destination...punctuated with thoughts and ideas pulsating with wisdom -- Peter Myers * BUSINESS TRAVELLER REUTERS * If you like travel, brilliant writing and truly original thinking, then join the queue. -- Alice B-B * VANITY FAIR * As this collection of stories shows, few writers can get under the skin of a place as evocatively or effectively. -- Peter Moore * WANDERLUST * A highly diverting collection * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *