“...a tourist can't help but have a distorted opinion of a place: he meets unrepresentative people, has unrepresentative experiences, and runs around imposing upon the place the fantastic mental pictures he had in his head when he got there.”
― Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
― Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
“Everywhere you turn you see Americans sacrifice their long-term interests for a short-term reward.”
― Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
― Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Ryan’s 2024 Year in Books
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