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Brazil

By: Michael Palin
Narrated by: Michael Palin
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Shortlisted for: Popular Non-Fiction Book of the Year – Specsavers National Book Awards 2012

Michael Palin journeys to a vast country of unimaginable contrasts - Brazil. An economic powerhouse, it is host to a staggering variety of peoples. He starts his journey in the north, in the remote mountains and forests on the border with Venezuela, and finishes in the south at the legendary Iguaçu Falls. He travels by river-boat, float-plane and foot to visit tribes deep in the jungle, samples life in the agricultural and mining heartland of Brazil, experiences the modernism of Brasília and the heady mix of Rio de Janeiro, and ventures into the favelas. He travels down the northeast coast with its African-inspired culture; to São Luís; Recife and Salvador, where Michael is swept up in Candomblé. He heads to São Paulo, where the super-rich commute by helicopter; tastes German beer served from a motorcycle sidecar, and tries his hand at being a cowboy before journey's end beneath one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the world.

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Another fantastic audiobook by Michael Palin. I love to watch his travel shows. I have the other audiobooks as well as the DVD box set of his travel programs and find that this audiobook, like the others, is a perfect accompaniment to the series.

He reads the book himself, which is a definitely plus. It just wouldn't be the same with a different narrator. Only one complaint - I wish Michael Palin made more of these!

Great service by Audible too! Very pleased with my purchase and service received from Audible.

Brilliant

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Enjoyable insight into Brazilian people and their country read by the great man himself, excellent.

Another great travel book by Michael Palin.

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Very interesting book, brilliantly read by author I have read previous books by MP but these had the benefits of illustrations. I have never before listened to an audio book but I really enjoyed the experience. Will look for another shortly

Great book

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Hand's up who now wants to go to Brazil... Well form an orderly queue behind me.



This is the first time i've listened to a travel book. I always thought that listening to some bloke bang on about how lucky he was to have the opportunity to visit somewhere better than my suburban reality would really tick me off, but Michael Palin just isn't some bloke and Brazil not just some place far away. I was gripped from the two minutes in and stayed gripped throughout.



My wife and I started listening to this book on a ridiculously long car journey and found ourselves delaying getting out of the car when we stopped. Palin comes across as a genuinely nice bloke as you would expect. The real star of this book however, is Brazil.



Not just a wonderfully diverse and important place, Brazil you will discover is an approach to life that seems so refreshing and as my wife said, Palin's delivery unfolds more as the story of Brazil than a trip guide.



This book left us in no doubt that the emergence of Brazil as an important global force could actually be just what we all need.

More than just some bloke on holiday.

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Very enjoyable narration as usual, though Palin’s Brazilian accents made me giggle. A real voyage of discovery.

Very informative and exotic

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