Long Way Round. Chasing Shadows Across the World

Ewan McGrego and Charley Boorman with Robert Uhlig

ISBN 10: 0316729698 / ISBN 13: 9780316729697

Published by Timewarner, London England, 2004

About this Item

Trade Paperback. Small mark to edge of a couple of photographs. Couple of small creases to top edge of front cover. It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan McGregor - actor and self-confessed bike nut - noticed that it was possible to ride all the way round the world, with just one short hope across the Bering Strait from Russia to Alaska. It was a revelation he couldn't get out of his head. So he picked up the phone and called Charley Boorman, his best friend, fellow actor and bike enthusiast. 'Charlie', he said. 'I thin you ought to come over for dinner.'. Illustrated. 310 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Long Way Round. Chasing Shadows Across the World
• Publisher: Timewarner, London England
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0316729698
• ISBN 13: 9780316729697
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

In this highly entertaining and fast-paced travel book, fellow film actors and bike enthusiasts Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman travel 20,000 miles around the world by motorbike, setting each other challenges on the way, from learning Kung Fu in China, to flying a MiG jet in Russia. They also take intensive training courses in preparation for the trip, including bike maintenance, self-defence and survival techniques (with Ray Mears). Whilst throwing themselves enthusiastically into the culture of each new country - from Alaska to Mongolia, from Canada to Kazakhstan - the two friends also have to rely on each other, testing their friendship and their stamina to the limits. Long Way Round is the action-packed and fascinating account of the trip and a true portrait of friendship in extremis - as irreverent, engaging and articulate as Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman themselves.

About the Author

Ewan McGregor has starred in many films including Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge, Star Wars and Big Fish. Charley Boorman has starred in films such as The Emerald Forest & Exaclibur. This is their first book.