Most travel writing is boring and staid. Not Gary Buslik’s. In his A ROTTEN PERSON TRAVELS THE CARIBBEAN, you may not learn where to get the best deals on a hotel, but you’ll know what to do if you happen to urinate on the foot of a ruthless dictator.
In nearly 20 pieces of creative nonfiction — some reprints of previously published magazine articles — Buslik details his and his credit-card-happy wife’s misadventures south of the American border. Like the time a pirate stole their clothes while they were skinny-dipping. Or when he went to a cockfighting match in Grenada. Or smuggled three cigars out of Cuba. Or saw Ernest Hemingway’s toilet seat. Or, yes, when he peed on Idi Amin. “Accidentally.”
With unflinching self-deprecation and references to horror flicks from THE EXORCIST to ISLAND OF THE DOOMED, Buslik’s real-life vignettes are hilarious. He’s part of that breed of cat who can spiral into depression at “having” to vacation at an island paradise, and his misery makes great company for your prying eyes. —Rod Lott
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Sounds like a good read. Thanks for sharing.