Title: A timid tome from a timid traveller
Review: As a simple account of one man's voyages, this is barely acceptable. On the other hand, great disappointment awaits those who, like me, bought this book in anticipation of an in-depth insight into travel on cargo ships. McCamish writes badly, and is seemingly concerned more with destinations than getting there. Even then, he resorts frequently to quoting the descriptions, often archaic, that others have written about various ports. He is overly concerned to the point of immaturity with a romanticised notions of barnacle-encrusted sailors brawling in bars where scared civillians like he fear to tread, and other cliches attached to men of the sea, and is then disappointed when he can't find them.Throughout the reading of this I hoped he'd stop his moaning and nervous uncertainty, get on a plane, and go home.It's the worst book I've struggled through in a long time. And I learnt next to nothing about travel on cargo ships.
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