Travels Without My Aunt: In the Footsteps of Graham Greene

Graham Greene was one of our greatest novelists, but also one of our most courageous travellers. His travels took him to some of the most neglected and dangerous parts of the world.

Inspired by Greene’s own writings, Julia Llewellyn Smith, unprepared by her life in London, retraces the author’s footsteps to discover whether the places described in his novels are as bizarre as he portrayed, and if they have been affected by the passing of time. Her travels take her to places as diverse as Paraguay, Vietnam and Cuba.

Each journey offering unique and memorable experiences – from voodoo ceremonies, and gunshots after dark in Haiti, to conversations with child soldiers in Sierra Leone, or lunch with a Rockefeller socialite in Buenos Aires. This is travel writing of the most entertaining kind: intelligent, serious, funny and unpredictable.