BBC Radio: Afternoon Play

A hypochondriac Englishman journeys across Peru in search of true love and himself, but his western mindset is melted by the seemingly crazy, fuzzy logic and unpredictability of everyday life in Latin America.

“If somebody would have told me that one day I would be lying on the floor of a hut in the Amazon jungle, spasming uncontrollably, my mind in pieces… then they would have been right and presumably blessed with some kind of power to see the future. But I wouldn’t have believed them, because among the things I like least are travel, jungles and spasming uncontrollably. So how did I end up combining all three?

Margherita. Not the drink but a girl, just as intoxicating and with the same bitter after taste.”

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