Tim Parks is the author of twenty novels, including Europa (shortlisted for the Booker prize), Destiny, Cleaver, In Extremis and, most recently, Mr Geography, all of which have been translated into many languages. As well as being a novelist and the author of several works of non-fiction, Tim is the acclaimed translator of books by Moravia, Calvino, Machiavelli and other Italian writers. He is a regular contributor to the TLS, the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books.

Elegantly written, full of wit and charm, this is travel writing at its very best

Tim Parks is the author of twenty novels, including Europa (shortlisted for the Booker prize), Destiny, Cleaver, In Extremis and, most recently, Mr Geography, all of which have been translated into many languages. As well as being a novelist and the author of several works of non-fiction, Tim is the acclaimed translator of books by Moravia, Calvino, Machiavelli and other Italian writers. He is a regular contributor to the TLS, the New York Review of Books and the London Review of Books.

Elegantly written, full of wit and charm, this is travel writing at its very best