title: Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
author:  Michael Palin 
description: Written while filming his TV series retracing the travels of America's literary titan, <i>Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure</i> is a masterpiece in its own right. And it's just as eye-delighting in book form, thanks to Basil Pao's wanderlust-arousing photography and vibrant design. The witty, literary Palin, a Monty Python alumnus-turned-professional adventurer, takes us on the journey of a lifetime--Papa's and his own. "Hemingway's world was close and uncomfortable and itchy and sweaty and frequently exhausting," writes Palin. "It was, I felt, the real thing. To experience it would require the ability to absorb a little punishment, it would demand an open mind and a degree of recklessness. But it could and should be done."
zlib_text: MICHAEL	PALIN	is	a	scriptwriter,	comedian,	novelist,	television	presenter,
  actor	and	playwright.	He	established	his	reputation	with	Monty	Python’s
  Flying	Circus	and	Ripping	Yarns.	His	work	also	includes	several	films	with
  Monty	Python,	as	well	as	The	Missionary,	A	Private	Function,	A	Fish	Called
  Wanda,	American	Friends	and	Fierce	Creatures.	His	television	credits	include
  two	films	for	the	BBC’s	Great	Railway	Journeys,	the	plays	East	of	Ipswich
  and	Number	27,	and	Alan	Bleasdale’s	GBH.
  In	2006	the	first	volume	of	his	diaries,	1969-1979:	The	Python	Years,	spent
  several	weeks	on	the	bestseller	lists.	He	has	also	written	books	to	accompany
  his	seven	very	successful	travel	series:	Around	the	World	in	80	Days	(an
  updated	edition	of	which	was	published	in	2008,	twenty	years	later),	Pole	to
  Pole,	Full	Circle,	Hemingway	Adventure,	Sahara,	Himalaya	and	New	Europe.
  Most	have	been	No	1	bestsellers	and	Himalaya	was	No	1	for	11	weeks.	He	is
  the	author	of	a	number	of	children’s	stories,	the	play	The	W