The unflinching and fearless story of a dopamine-driven wanderer finding his feet in the wild world, The Traveller by Chuck Thompson is a gonzo-like novel exploring the mind of a philosophic hustler. From sleepless binges during his university days in London and conning conductors in Amsterdam to dangerous debauchery in Tokyo spice shops and life-or-death knife fights in the Saudi desert, the reckless protagonist’s diatribe feels feral and polished at once. Both a deep-dive history lesson into drug culture and a tense travelogue across Europe, this nation-leaping novel crackles with cutting observation, for a whip-smart crash course in slinging and surviving as a twenty-something vagabond.
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