Shortcuts: Tiny Travel Stories

by Mike McIntyre

A captivating collection of short travel stories from the author of the classic American road book The Kindness of Strangers.

In Shortcuts, Mike McIntyre propels readers around the world in 176 spare, yet surprising, sketches brimming with wit, intimacy, and adventure. Drawing on childhood memories, his work as a journalist, and a lifetime of wandering, he applies his vivid, swift language to a wide range of experiences and encounters in far-flung, fascinating locations.

From California to Croatia, Louisiana to Lithuania, South Africa to South America—and beyond—he reveals again why he is called “a reader’s dream” (San Diego Union-Tribune).

240 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 9, 2020

About the author

Mike McIntyre was a late bloomer, latching onto journalism at age twenty-seven. He's been a travel columnist for the Los Angeles Times, a theater columnist for the Washington Post, and a feature writer for the San Diego Union-Tribune and the Budapest Sun. His first book, The Kindness of Strangers, was a Wall Street Journal bestseller and featured on Oprah. He's lived, worked and traveled in more than eighty countries. He spent much of his youth in Lake Tahoe, later earning degrees from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Michigan. These days he and his wife divide their time between San Diego and the world.

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