{"product_id":"the-naked-tourist-lawrence-osborne-9780865477414","title":"The Naked Tourist: In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the theme resorts of Dubai to the jungles of Papua New Guinea, a disturbing but hilarious tour of the exotic east--and of the tour itself\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSick of producing the bromides of the professional travel writer, Lawrence Osborne decided to explore the psychological underpinnings of tourism itself. He took a six-month journey across the so-called Asian Highway--a swathe of Southeast Asia that, since the Victorian era, has seduced generations of tourists with its manufactured dreams of the exotic Orient. And like many a lost soul on this same route, he ended up in the harrowing forests of Papua, searching for a people who have never seen a tourist. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat, Osborne asks, are millions of affluent itinerants looking for in these endless resorts, hotels, cosmetic-surgery packages, spas, spiritual retreats, sex clubs, and \"back to nature\" trips? What does tourism, the world's single largest business, have to sell? A travelogue into that heart of darkness known as the Western\u003cbr\u003emind, \u003ci\u003eThe Naked Tourist \u003c\/i\u003eis the most mordant and ambitious work to date from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Connoisseur\u003c\/i\u003e, praised by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eas \"smart, generous, perceptive, funny, sensible.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lawrence Osborne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0865477418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865477414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 6.66w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/29\/2007 pg. 20","brand":"Lawrence Osborne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992530419967,"sku":"9780865477414","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9bb3a2cb-350d-4436-849d-9d9032f6d4d3.jpg?v=1683319446","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-naked-tourist-lawrence-osborne-9780865477414","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}