A review by balancinghistorybooks
An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington by Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant

4.0

I purchased this for my boyfriend and ended up reading it myself before he even had a chance to. I was intrigued, and couldn't resist just sneaking a peek at the format. Before I knew it, I had read the first half, and was rather amused. It is a very easy - and really rather interesting - read, in which Pilkington takes us around the seven Wonders of the World. He isn't very politically correct, but if you're familiar with the author at all in his acting and/or podcast guises, you'll be expecting as much. There are a few serious parts to the whole, but the mood is lightened by one-liners and sarcasm. He's good at sarcasm, and I don't even think he knows it.