Dark Tourist: Sightseeing in the world's most unlikely holiday destinations

Dom Joly's childhood in war-torn Lebanon and his fascination with travel to odd places have inspired him to write a travel memoir. He sets out on a quest to visit destinations from which the average tourist would run a mile, including skiing in Iran, spending a weekend in Chernobyl, touring the assassination sites of America, and becoming one of the few Westerners to enter North Korea. The book is funny and frightening in equal measure and is a uniquely bizarre and compelling travelogue from one of the most fearless and innovative comedians around.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 288 pages
\n Publication date: 02 September 2021
\n Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
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Ever since he can remember, Dom Joly has been captivated by the allure of exploring unconventional and offbeat destinations. This fascination stems in part from his childhood in war-torn Lebanon, where he exchanged marbles in the schoolyard instead of collecting shrapnel, which served as the currency of Beirut during those tumultuous times. Dom's upbringing was punctuated by terrifying days and nights spent huddled in the family basement, shielding themselves from Syrian rocket attacks or stumbling upon gruesome piles of severed heads resulting from sectarian executions in the nearby pine forests. These early experiences instilled in Dom a deep disdain for the sanitized and mainstream nature of the modern travel industry, and a craving for the most enigmatic and sinister places.

In this brilliantly unconventional and humorously narrated travel memoir, Dom Joly embarks on a mission to visit destinations that the average tourist would instinctively steer clear of. The more inhospitable and foreboding the location, the more captivating the journey becomes, and so we join Dom as he ventures to Iran, where he experiences skiing on segregated slopes, spends a weekend in Chernobyl, explores the assassination sites of America, and becomes one of the few Westerners granted access to North Korea. Eventually, Dom returns to his roots in Beirut, only to discover that he had attended school with Osama Bin Laden.

Funny and unsettling in equal measure, this travelogue stands out as a singularly unique and captivating exploration from one of the most daring and innovative comedians in the industry.

\n Weight: 232g\n
Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781472146069\n \n