Pictures from a Trip

By Tim Rumsey

Book Overview

Author photo on rear jacket flap. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688039898
• ISBN13: 9780688039899
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.

Customer Reviews

More, please!

Where IS this guy? He needs to write more books!I read this ages ago, when it first came out, and remember it like it was yesterday. WONDERFUL book - I fell in love with the the brother's relationship, and Ben, their blind friend who was going to do the night driving. I, too, have recommended it to anyone who would listen. I also gave my brother a copy. Back then, he didn't like to read very much, but he loved this. Who knows - maybe this book is the one which changed his mind about reading. Tim Rumsey, if you're out there, WRITE MORE BOOKS! If you write them, we will read...

Get this book any way you can!

Oh my god . . . this is such a WONDERFUL book. Once you get started you won't want to stop, and once you're finished you'll want to read it again! What makes it so wonderful is that it seems so REAL - these guys seem like real guys, maybe your kid brothers who just got out of college and decided to take a road trip and are writing to tell you what's going on along the way. It's an experience you shouldn't deny yourself. GET IT - you won't regret it!

Complete concurrence

I agree with everyone here. A book I've read many times. That I've passed to many friends. (One friend read it every morning in the bathroom before work and his mother finally had to read it, because she would find him laughing on the floor of the bathroom.) I, too, wonder what Mr. Rumsey is doing with his time and his pencil these days. And wouldn't it make a great movie?

I really clicked with this book.

I first saw this book in a public library about eight years ago and the title just appealed to me. After I read it, I decided I HAD to own it because I felt such a personal connection, and hunted used bookstores far and wide. Like the first reviewer, I even looked up the author, since he was from my home area, the Twin Cities of Minnesota. I wrote him a fan letter and was really pleased to receive a thoughtful and personal letter in return.This book is a must for anyone who loves road trips with people they feel close to.

The All-Time Favorite

I read this book back in high school and have been searching for its equal ever since--I wish I had a copy for each of my closest friends. This is an engaging portrait of a friendship between two brothers. Mr. Rumsey's asides and insights are every bit as enjoyable as the main story.