Title: Does Your Meter Work?
Author: Jim Soliski
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Publisher and/or Distributor: Western Publishing
Publisher Website: www.doesyourmeterwork.com
Pages: 208
ISBN: 0-9734809-0-4
Price: $13.50
Publishing Date: 2004
Reader: Bob Spear
Rating: 3 hearts

This group of travel essays chronicle a Canadian traveler’s zany tours of Southeast Asia. This is much more than a travelogue; it’s a commentary on the life of a freelance writer dealing with rejection slips; the how-tos and accommodations of a Westerner teaching English in communist Vietnam, and the foibles of taxi drivers trying to scam their customers. The author’s writing is very visual and tongue-in-cheek humorous. This is a worthwhile read for those contemplating either the writing life or becoming a vagabond. We rated it three hearts.