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The Hezbollah Hiking Club - A short walk across the Lebanon (Hardcover)
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The Hezbollah Hiking Club - A short walk across the Lebanon (Hardcover)
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List price R619
Loot Price R555
Discovery Miles 5 550
You Save R64 (10%)
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Three men. 470 kilometres. Twenty-one days. Welcome to the
Hezbollah Hiking Club . . . At a boozy, cricket-filled afternoon at
Lord's, Dom Joly convinces his two closest friends to agree to the
unthinkable: a challenging hike across Lebanon, from the Israeli
border in the south, along the spine of the country's mountain
range, all the way to the Syrian border in the north. For Joly it
is something of a homecoming, having grown up in Beirut. It was a
happy childhood, though he did go to school with Osama bin Laden.
Arriving in Lebanon armed with copious amounts of Vaseline - and no
walking experience, bar taking the dog for the occasional stroll -
Dom, Chris and Harry don't quite know what they've got themselves
into. Joined by their bemused chaperone Caroll, they meet a variety
of characters along the way including Ali, a stony-faced Hezbollah
Museum guide who seems unperturbed by circling Israeli jets, and
part-time Londoner Raf, who challenges Dom and the boys to a
brain-freeze drinking contest. From a hair-raising creep along the
'Valley of the Skulls' to accidentally flashing an unsuspecting
Ethiopian cook, the three friends just about manage to keep going.
With more than a smattering of persiflage and some cringe-worthy
moments, The Hezbollah Hiking Club is a big-hearted, witty and
affectionate love letter to Lebanon and its rich history with a
meditation on family and homeland at its heart. Written with Dom's
trademark humour, it is a paean to both the simple joys of
friendship and to growing old disgracefully.
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