Book description
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 A. A. 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.
