Product Overview

• Author: Connolly, Billy
• Book Title: Rambling Man: My Life on the Road
• Language: English

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING HILARIOUS NEW BOOK FROM THE NATION'S FAVOURITE
COMEDIAN, BILLY CONNOLLY Being a Rambling Man was what I always wanted to be,
to live the way I damn well pleased. I've met the weirdest and most wonderful
people who walk the Earth, seen the most bizarre and the most fantastic sights
- and I've rarely come across something I couldn't get a laugh at. I don't
think I've ever had a bad trip. Well, apart from in the 1970s, but that's a
whole other story . . . When Billy set out from Glasgow as a young man he
never looked back. He played his banjo on boats and trains, under trees, and
on top of famous monuments. He danced naked in snow, wind and fire. He slept
in bus stations, under bridges and on strangers' floors. He travelled by foot,
bike, ship, plane, sleigh - even piggy-backed - to get to his next
destination. Billy has wandered to every corner of the earth and believes that
being a Rambling Man is about more than just travelling - it's a state of
mind. Rambling Men and Women are free spirits who live on their wits, are
interested in people and endlessly curious about the world. They love to play
music, make art or tell stories along the way but, above all, they have a
longing in their heart for the open road. In his joyful new book, Billy
explores this philosophy and how it has shaped him, and he shares hilarious
new stories from his lifetime on the road. From riding his trike down
America's famous Route 66, building an igloo on an iceberg in the Arctic,
playing elephant polo (badly) in Nepal and crashing his motorbike (more than
once), to eating witchetty grubs in Australia, being serenaded by a penguin in
New Zealand, and swapping secrets in a traditional Sweat Lodge ritual in
Canada, Rambling Man is a truly global adventure with the greatest possible
travel companion. Read more