This article celebrates the enduring relevance of Norman Lewis, a renowned travel writer whose captivating prose brings the world to life with its unsavory beauty. The article highlights his exceptional talent, comparing him favorably to other celebrated travel writers like Bruce Chatwin, Jan Morris, and Patrick Leigh Fermor. It showcases the breadth of his work, spanning five decades and encompassing diverse subjects from the jukeboxes of Guatemalan bars to the plight of indigenous peoples in the Amazon.
Norman Lewis is more relevant than ever. He reveals the world in all its soiled beauty and makes you feel you have never seen it before. He is the travel writer’s travel writer, conjuring prose with more humanity than Bruce Chatwin, more insight than Jan Morris and more humour than Patrick Leigh Fermor. And as this new collection brilliantly reveals, he is a better writer than all three. Lewis was the author of 15 novels and 20 works of non-fiction.
As the excellent editor of this volume, John Hatt, writes, “ instinct for important events, and moments, was infallible.” He was always restless, and had the physical stamina to gratify his escape reflex: at 81 he could drink a whole bottle of wine at lunch and then bound up a steep hillside like a goat. At one point Ian Fleming recruited him into the Intelligence Service.
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