An Idiot Abroad: The Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington

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Presenting the Travel Diaries of Karl Pilkington:Adventurer. Philosopher. Idiot.

Karl Pilkington isn't keen on travelling. Given the choice, he'll go on holiday to Devon or Wales or, at a push, eat English food on a package holiday in Majorca. Which isn't exactly Michael Palin, is it? So what happened when he was convinced by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant to go on an epic adventure to see the Seven Wonders of the World?

Travel broadens the mind, right? You'd think so...

Find out in Karl Pilkington's hilarious travel diaries.

'He is a moron. A completely round, empty-headed, part-chimp Manc.' RICKY GERVAIS

'He'd have been happier in medieval times in a village where you didn't travel beyond the local community.' STEPHEN MERCHANT

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3.8
1.39K reviews
A Google user
March 18, 2012
I found this to be a hilarious book to accompany the series bit my major gripe is that it seems to have been spell checked bit not proof read as there are bits that dont make sense! For example in one bit Karl describes his ordeal as being "succesful" when what he says in the series is "stressfull". There were quite a few instances of this which suprised me. Other than that though I was laughing out loud in parts and it spurred me on to re-watch the series.
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A Google user
June 9, 2012
Karls outlook of the world is so child like, he's naive, an innocent. An idiot, he is not. In his own mind his understanding of the world makes sense. The book is a charming and funny look into karl's unusual views on travel. Karl doesn't care that you're laughing AT him as long as its buying him his digestives lol
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A Google user
March 8, 2012
Very funny! Anyone who liked 'An Idiot Abroad' will surely like this! Some people say he is too miserable but thats the whole point! Ricky Gervais put him into situations that he will not like, most of us would be the same if our holidays were like what he goes through. Although it sometimes seems too thought out and scripted rather than natural it still makes for a fun read that will definitely make you laugh out loud more than once.
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About the author

Karl Pilkington is the author of six bestselling books: The World of Karl Pilkington; Happyslapped by a Jellyfish; Karlology; An Idiot Abroad; The Further Adventures of An Idiot Abroad. He was part of the Guinness World Record-breaking podcast The Ricky Gervais Show, which was downloaded over 300 million times and became an animation for HBO in the USA. He also starred in three series of Sky 1's global hit An Idiot Abroad and most recently, The Moaning of Life.

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