Review of 'The Dark Tourist Sightseeing In The Worlds Most Unlikely Holiday Destinations' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Say what you like about Dom Joly's rather irritating television persona, this book is rather fine. He comes over as a rather more likeable individual in this book, as he visits all manner of interesting places.
I found his North Korean tour fascinating - particularly since I've been on "the other side". I thought the North Koreans were spying on us when I went there: turns out that the South Koreans also spied on him when he was there. His chapters on Cambodia and Chernobyl were similarly fascinating.
A very enjoyable book - not too heavy on the funnies, but not too heavy on the seriousness, either. Good stuff.
(The Kindle version includes a massive and entirely pointless index. eBook publishers: ebook readers all include a search function!)
