Book description
Being larger than a cat, the donkey is the kind of animal Tim Moore
is slightly scared of. Yet intrigued by epic accounts of a pilgrimage
undertaken by one in three medieval Europeans, and committed to
historical authenticity, he finds himself leading a Pyrenean ass named
Shinto into Spain, headed for Santiago de Compostela.
Over 500 miles of extreme weather and agonising bestial sloth, it
becomes memorably apparent that for the multinational band of
eccentrics who keep the Santiagan flame alive, the pilgrimage has
evolved from a purely devotional undertaking into a mobile therapist's
couch.
Ludicrous, heart-warming and improbably inspirational, Spanish
Steps is the story of what happens when a rather silly man tries
to walk all the way across a very large country, with a very large
animal who doesn't really want to.
Tim Moore's books include
French Revolutions
,
Do Not Pass Go, Spanish Steps,
Nul Points,
I Believe in Yesterday
and
You Are Awful (But I Like You)
. He lives in London.
