Snapshot

by Ryan O'Reilly

GEN-X QUITS AND HITS THE ROAD. What made him do it? Was it the stifling, dead-end corporate job or the unfaithful fiancée? Whatever the reason, one fed-up, twenty-something decides to kiss the rat-race good-bye and take to the road to find himself and his dreams. As he rides on his motorcycle on a journey of self-discovery, the traveler becomes a nomadic vagabond seeking enlightenment and finding it in a series of remarkable encounters, a modern counterculture and a fellow wanderer. Through friendship, death and the freedoms found outside of middle-American values, the traveler learns life's most important It s not the destination that is important, but what happens along the way.

291 pages, Paperback

First published August 5, 2007

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Recommended in my book club by someone who is friends with the author. It's a lot of inner dialogue on the narrator finding his way in life and very descriptive of the scenery in the book, which lost me a little. This guy packs up and leaves his entire life behind one day, and the story is all about the journey of finding oneself. Overall I liked the storyline, I just got lost in the poetic nature of "the road" descriptions. Guess I'm more of an action or tear jerk girl :-)

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

The best book I've read thus far in 2008.