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<p class="null1">From Bangkok to Bogotá, a hilarious behind-the-brochures tour of picture-perfect locales, dangerous destinations, and overrated hellholes from a guy who knows the truth about travel</p> <p>Travel writer, editor, and photographer Chuck Thompson has spent more than a decade traipsing through thirty-five (and counting) countries across the globe, and he’s had enough. Enough of the half-truths demanded by magazine editors, enough of the endlessly recycled clichés regarded as good travel writing, and enough of the ugly secrets fiercely guarded by the travel industry. But mostly, he’s had enough of returning home from assignments and leaving the most interesting stories and the most provocative insights on the editing-room floor. From getting swindled in Thailand to running afoul of customs inspectors in Belarus, from defusing hostile Swedish rockers backstage in Germany to a closed-door meeting with travel execs telling him why he’s about to be fired once again, Thompson’s no-holds-barred style is refreshing, invigorating, and all those other adjectives travel writers use to describe spa vacations where the main attraction is a daily colonic.</p> <p><i>Smile When You’re

Who reads Smile When You're Lying : Confessions of a Rogue Travel Writer?

Author

Thompson, Chuck

Publisher

Holt ; Melia [distributor

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780805082098

Category

travel

Subjects

Anthropology, Fiction, Memoir

Rating

3.47 / 5 (1,892 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14