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Spanish Steps | 
 enlarge | Author: Tim Moore
Publisher: Random House Audiobooks
Category: Book
List Price: £12.99
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 164802
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.9
ISBN: 185686958X
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781856869584
ASIN: 185686958X
Publication Date: August 26, 2004
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Condition: sealed box; Mint Condition; We post daily by Royal Mail,from Uk location, Wrapped in bubble and inserted in jiffy bag ;Priority Airmail used Worldwide on International orders
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Amazon.co.uk Review
If Tim Moore's Spanish Steps is a prime example of a new kind of travel writing--sardonically funny, quirkily observed and full of bizarre detail--that's good news for readers; if Bill Bryson has forged a whole new genre, who can complain if other writers plough similar fields? Particularly if they do it with as much gusto as Tim Moore. In fact, Moore is actually a rather more penetrating writer than the better-known Bryson, and this tale of a foolhardy pilgrimage with a recalcitrant donkey makes some salient points in between the healthy crop of stinging one-liners. Moore had been fascinated by stories he'd heard of pilgrimages which many Europeans had taken through sultry and unwelcoming Spanish terrain to Santiago de Compostela. The sub-title says it all: "One Man and his Ass on the Pilgrim Way to Santiago"--and Moore's treacherous donkey is as much a character as the bizarre dramatis personae the author encounters. Everything is against him: weather that saps his resolve at every step of the way, impossible dormitories (some of the funniest sections of the book), eccentric fellow travellers, and an animal that, if it could speak, would be constantly asking "is this journey really necessary?" Amid the acres of scary impediments that fall into Moore's path, a whole host of detail crowds in that makes Spain come to vivid life: we're given a seat-of-the-pants experience quite as memorable (and occasionally painful) as the author's. The descriptions are priceless: Unexpected confrontation with full-frontal, Pilsner-bellied German nudity was an occupational hazard in any refugio bathroom… (the man's) wrinkled pilgrim parts now rested on the rim of the sink I was waiting to clean my teeth in… But many serious points are made--always lightly--about a million subjects (not least the lessons of history) in the delightful pages of Spanish Steps. --Barry Forshaw
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 Hilarious and Human May 30, 2008
Nb Bowles (Hebden bridge)
I plan to do the Camino this year, Tim Moore's accounts are totally consistent with my friend who has walked it already on the joys and challenges of the walk and myself, on for instance calling Shirley Maclaine and Paulo Coelho "Guffmeister Generals" and taking the mick out of Nike worshipping gore-tex gods. I woke my partner to be read extracts of this and I laughed out loud more than I remember to any other book, she has other feelings but can see I enjoyed it - bit like sex then this book! And I got it in a charity shop for 30p
Nick
 humour but not accurate March 14, 2008
H. dowdalls (Alness)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Enjoyable read,but having embraced Spanish ways,Truly some of the story is exagerrated.
On reflection,I would say that this book is more fiction than fact,perhaps at times even on the verge of the "British Xenophile abroad" category.
However,Mr Moore always makes me laugh.
Viva Tim! Viva Shinto! January 20, 2008
C. A. Kyprianou (Spain)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As most of the previous reviewers have already said, this is a light-hearted but overwhelmingly generous book about the medieval pilgrimage across the top of Spain. The walk has become popular again and Moore's descriptions, experiences, lows, highs and adventures are cleverly captured. He's very accurate at his observation of the Spanish (I know, I live here!) and he's also spot on with his attention to detail on his fellow pilgrims. A great read if your're doing/have done the Camino. A great read even if you're not!
Not to be taken too seriously..... November 21, 2007
Wynne Kelly (Coventry, UK)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Tim Moore set off from Valcarlos to Santiago accompanied by a donkey called Shinto. A very lighthearted look at the Pilgrims' Way of Saint James - his battles with Shinto, the strange places he has to sleep in, the assorted villages and towns he trundles through and the wonderful mix of people he meets along the way. He treats the pilgrims he meets with warmth and humour even though he obviously finds many of them to be frankly batty. The travelogue is interspersed with historical facts - but even these are given a cynical 21st century treatment.
I liked the descriptions of the places he walked through - many just as I remembered them. (I have walked the Camino de Santiago and have helped to run a pilgrim hostel)
All great fun, but not to be taken too seriously.
 Great Expectations, Great Disappointment August 7, 2007
Jo Naiman (England)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this book after reading many good reviews, expecting a truly entertaining read, that would evoke the atmosphere of the pilgrimage to Santiago, how disappointed I was.
Unlike Bill Bryson who writes so smoothly you can hardly put the book down, Tim Moore tries so hard to be funny that I had to re-read sentences to actually make sense of them. Yes there are some touching moments and some interesting historic points, but these are lost among long sentences mixing description with, well bad language. Mostly it isn't even funny.
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