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An adventurous, thought-provoking romp through the world’s most polluted placesAn adventurous, thought-provoking romp through the world’s worst environments For most of us, traveling means visiting the most beautiful places on Earth—Paris, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon. It’s rare to book a plane ticket to visit the lifeless moonscape of Canada’s oil sand strip mines, or to seek out the Chinese city of Linfen, legendary as the most polluted in the world. But... more

About Andrew Blackwell

ANDREW BLACKWELL is a journalist and filmmaker living in New York City.


Published: May 22, 2012 by Macmillan Publishing

Genre: Nature & Wildlife. Non-fiction. 320 pages

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  • All Critics: 9
  • Positive: 8
  • Negative: 1

  • Kirkus Reviews | 1 Jun 2012

    Humor and dry wit lighten a travelogue of the most polluted and ravaged places in the world.

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  • AV Club | 25 Jun 2012

    But for the most part, his humor is exactly as dry and wry as the subject demands.

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  • At Home With Books | 21 Jun 2012

    It’s a very engaging book, and one that I found that I readily enjoyed and have now recommended to a number of friends since I have finished.

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  • The Wall Street Journal | 25 May 2012

    ...an environmentalist book that avoids the usual hyperventilation, upending stubborn myths with prosaic facts.

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  • Luxury Reading | 1 Jul 2012

    I would have enjoyed a bit more of him in this book, and a bit less Environmental Studies 101.

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  • Lonely Planet | 8 Aug 2012

    Deftly drawn characters and self-deprecation keep this darkly intelligent book nimble and hilarious.

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  • Publishers Weekly | 5 Mar 2012

    ...this entertaining, appealing, and thoughtful travelogue covers some of the world’s most befouled spots with lively, agile wit.

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  • The National | 30 Jun 2012

    Instead he opts for a conversational travelogue style... and combines potted histories of the issues involved without becoming involved in invective.

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  • Dallas News | 13 Jul 2012

    The book thus becomes more interesting as it advances...

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