{"product_id":"the-naked-tourist-in-search-of-adventure-and-beauty-in-the-age-of-the-airport-mall-paperback","title":"The Naked Tourist: In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence Osborne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the theme resorts of Dubai to the jungles of Papua New Guinea, a disturbing but hilarious tour of the exotic east--and of the tour itself\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSick of producing the bromides of the professional travel writer, Lawrence Osborne decided to explore the psychological underpinnings of tourism itself. He took a six-month journey across the so-called Asian Highway--a swathe of Southeast Asia that, since the Victorian era, has seduced generations of tourists with its manufactured dreams of the exotic Orient. And like many a lost soul on this same route, he ended up in the harrowing forests of Papua, searching for a people who have never seen a tourist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat, Osborne asks, are millions of affluent itinerants looking for in these endless resorts, hotels, cosmetic-surgery packages, spas, spiritual retreats, sex clubs, and \"back to nature\" trips? What does tourism, the world's single largest business, have to sell? A travelogue into that heart of darkness known as the Western\u003cbr\u003emind, \u003ci\u003eThe Naked Tourist \u003c\/i\u003eis the most mordant and ambitious work to date from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Connoisseur\u003c\/i\u003e, praised by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eas \"smart, generous, perceptive, funny, sensible.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence Osborne\u003c\/b\u003e has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications, and is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Connoisseur\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in England, he lives in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 7.9 x 6.66 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 12, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45612682084396,"sku":"9780865477414","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/the-naked-tourist-in-search-of-adventure-and-beauty-in-the-age-of-the-airport-mall-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}