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

Chuck Thompson, a travel writer, editor and photographer, takes readers on a funny tour of the places guidebooks tend to gloss over. Rather than presenting every destination as a postcard, he looks at the glamorous spots and the grim ones alike, from the beautiful to the notorious. His account is candid and often irreverent, drawn from years spent on the road.

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The result is a wry look at what travel is really like, with plenty of misadventures along the way.

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