{"product_id":"9780141186399","title":"Remote People","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis humorous travel memoir blends sharp reportage with witty observational storytelling. It opens with a vividly reported coronation scene and travels onward across Africa, where locals mingle with expatriates, traders, and monks. Ideal for readers who love witty, literary travel writing, the tone is adventurous, insightful, and entertaining.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe content unfolds as story-led vignettes, delivering a collage of encounters, landscapes, and cultural moments. Three nightmare interludes insert playful, unsettling twists that puncture the journey’s optimism and keep the voice fresh and surprising.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReading experience is accessible and engaging, with crisp prose that brings historical travel to life. The reader follows a lively cast through scenes that feel immediate and real, inviting observation, humor, and reflection on travel, culture, and the varied human perspectives encountered along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpisodic travel memoir format with vivid scenes across Africa and a coronation moment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHumorous, observational voice that blends reportage and literary storytelling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree nightmare interludes providing a comic counterpoint to the travel tales\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccessible prose that makes historical travel feel immediate and relatable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRich portraits of locals, expatriates, traders, and monks that illuminate cultural interactions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdeal for fans of travel writing, cultural observations, and historical travelogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter finishing, readers gain a witty, insightful perspective on early 20th-century travel, history, and human nature, along with a lasting sense of curiosity and amusement. The collection leaves a warm, thoughtful impression that invites revisiting the scenes and faces long after the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Crossword.in","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540407562457,"sku":"9780141186399","price":475.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/3066\/9017\/files\/910GeXwunWL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779261645","url":"https:\/\/www.crossword.in\/products\/9780141186399","provider":"Crossword.in ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}