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Thom Wheeler
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One Steppe Beyond: Across Russia in a VW Camper |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
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320 |
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2011-08-01 |
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1849531560 |
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Summersdale Publishers |
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0.26 pounds |
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0.8 x 5.0 x 8.0 inches |
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1 |
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1 Rachel (USA: CA) |
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1 Katjadazw (USA: NC) |
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Product Description
Travelling across the former Soviet Union is a challenge at the best of times - but in a dilapidated VDub! that's got to be plain daft...hasn't it? I was in my prime, hungry to make a mark on the world, yet I was making ends meet by delivering egg and cress sandwiches on a bicycle with a bent axle to condescending office workers. Gainful employment in the ex-Soviet Union was a dream come true. A chance job offer at a timber yard in Estonia gives Thom and his old pal Jo a taste for the unknown. So when Uncle Tony asks them to drive to Vladivostok for another job, they can't think of a good reason why not. The result is a classic caper across the former Soviet Union in Max, a rusty old VW camper. Knowing little of the language or the geography ahead, they embark on probably the longest commute ever, encountering corrupt officials, film star mechanics and over-friendly gangsters. Far off the tourist trail, they bear witness to the collapse of one nation and the birth of a new one during the free-for-all that was Russia in the nineties.
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