▁book ▁as ▁" a ▁w itt y , ▁w ry , ▁eleg iac ▁account ▁of ▁his ▁time ▁as ▁a ▁Re ut ers ▁and ▁Sunday ▁Times ▁correspond ent ▁in ▁Berlin ▁throughout ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s … Mill ar ' s ▁great ▁strength ▁as ▁a ▁rep orter ▁is ▁that ▁he ▁mixed ▁with ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁ordinary ▁East ▁Germ ans , ▁drink ing ▁P ils ner ▁with ▁them ▁in ▁bars , ▁going ▁for ▁country ▁wal ks ▁and ▁visit ing ▁their ▁homes . ▁He ▁understood ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁an ▁al ien ▁species ▁– ▁and ▁also ▁a ▁vital ▁aspect ▁of ▁living ▁under ▁the ▁system ▁Er ich ▁H one cker ▁used ▁to ▁describe , ▁with ▁no ▁hint ▁of ▁ir ony , ▁as ▁' act ually ▁existing ▁Social ism ' ". ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁Mill ar ' s ▁book ▁All ▁G one ▁to ▁Look ▁for ▁America ▁( R iding ▁the ▁Iron ▁Hor se ▁across ▁a ▁Cont inent ▁and ▁back ) ▁was ▁published , ▁an ▁account ▁of ▁a ▁month ▁spent ▁cr iss - cross ing ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁by ▁railway . ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁described ▁by ▁The ▁Daily ▁Te legraph ▁as ▁" for ▁those ▁who ▁love ▁trains , ▁micro bre wer y ▁be er ▁and ▁the ▁promise ▁of ▁big ▁sk ies ▁and ▁wide ▁open ▁spaces . ▁Mill ar ' s ▁is ▁the ▁kind ▁of ▁journey ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁mort g age - sh ack led , ▁middle - aged ▁men ▁dream ▁of : ▁solit ary , ▁m ild ly ▁liber ating