My Kind of Place: Travel Stories from a Woman Who’s Been Everywhere-Quality Guarantee

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New Yorker writer and author of The Library Book takes readers on a seriesof remarkable journeys in this uniquely witty, sophisticated, and far-flung travelbook.

In this irresistible collection of adventures far and near, Orlean conductsa tour of the world via its subcultures, from the heart of the African music scenein Paris to the World Taxidermy Championships in Springfield, Illinois—and even intoher own apartment, where she imagines a very famous houseguest taking advantage ofher hospitality.

With Orlean as guide, lucky readers partake in all manner of armchairactivity. They will climb Mt. Fuji and experience a hike most intrepid Japanese havenever attempted; play ball with Cuba’s Little Leaguers, promising young athletesborn in a country where baseball and politics are inextricably intertwined; trawlIcelandic waters with Keiko, everyone’s favorite whale as he tries to make it onhis own; stay awhile in Midland, Texas, hometown of George W. Bush, a place whereoil time is the only time that matters; explore the halls of a New York City schoolso troubled it’s known as “Horror High”; and stalk caged tigers in Jackson, New Jersey,a suburban town with one of the highest concentrations of tigers per square mileanywhere in the world.

Vivid, humorous, unconventional, and incomparably entertaining,Susan Orlean’s writings for The New Yorker have delighted readers for over a decade.My Kind of Place is an inimitable treat by one of America’s premier literary journalists.