Molvania

By Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Rob Sitch

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Book description

Presents description of imaginary country in Eastern Europe, with humorous travel tips on hotels, eating out, and visiting fictitious tourist sites.

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1 author picked Molvania as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Mass tourism is a funny world, and occasionally it deserves to be skewered with a wink and a smile. This tongue-in-cheek satire is so sharp I continue to cut my fingers on its pages, instantly recognizing the absurdity of some of my own adventures in Eastern and Central Europe.

This Spinal Tap for guidebooks looks at fictional hotels, towns, food, and activities. There are also follow-up guidebooks, one that roasts a mythical Southeast Asian country in a similar fashion and another that pokes fun at a fictional yet familiar country in Latin America.

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