A review by charsiew21
Around the World in 80 Days: Companion to the PBS Series by Michael Palin

3.0

I must confess to never having watched a Michael Palin travel documentary the whole way through, save for snippets while channel surfing. So reading this book was a pleasing surprise. Palin's light, amusing style goes down very easy indeed. Given that the journey in question was a bit of a marathon, it seems that the biggest challenge in writing this novel would have been achieving the right pacing, such that the reader doesn't feel that there are obvious episodes of speeding up and slowing down. This Palin managed admirably.