Lunatic Express

At once a travelogue, packed with adventure, and a first-rate piece of investigative journalism, Lunatic Express is a faithful reflection of the author's—irresponsible, as the average mother would say—purpose: to travel across Central and South America, Africa, and Asia using only the most dangerous means of transportation—those planes, boats, trains, and buses that crash, sink, and overturn anonymously on a weekly basis—in countries with the most chaotic public transportation systems. "An extraordinary, funny, and intelligent book."—The Wall Street Journal