Faster, They're Gaining

by Peter Biddlecombe

"Faster, They're Gaining" is the sixth ina series of dispatches from all over the world, taking Peter Biddlecombe's total to 115 countries visited and described. Minsk, Valletta, La Paz, Mandalay, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 034911062X
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.6" x 1.3" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

He veers from the silly to the profound

Peter Biddlecombe is part of that sub-genre that might be called 'silly travel writing.' This book, one of six in a series, consists of essays about 17 cities. In one paragraph he's silly, the next paragraph has a profound insight about economic development, and then he goes on to make mother-in-law jokes or talk about how ugly the local women are -- definitely not a style that will appeal to everyone. When the author retires, I hope he'll write a tell-all story of his career; I suspect there's more depth to Peter Biddlecombe than we see in his writing.This volume has a distinct Middle Eastern theme, with chapters on Jerusalem, Gaza (a very serious and thoughtful essay), Riyadh (some hilarious anecdotes), Kuwait, Doha, Muscat, and Abu Dhabi, and a variety of cities from other regions of the world.