Kingdoms the Air: Dispatches from Far Away in Bloomington, MN

“Whether he’s in Cuba, Mozambique, or attempting to climb Mount Ararat, [Shacochis] vividly places you in both the past and present of his destinations . . . [his] restlessness and recklessness, all couched in a headlong maximalist prose, are impossible to resist.”—
Boston Globe
“Shacochis’ fiery, wrought prose is on full display . . . This is travel writing at its finest.” —
Men’s Journal
, a Best Book of the Month
Best known for his sweeping international and political fiction narratives, including
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and was finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Bob Shacochis began his writing career as a pioneering journalist and contributing editor for
Outside Magazine
and
Harper’s
.
Kingdoms in the Air
brings together the very best of Shacochis’s culture and travel essays in one livewire collection that spans his global adventures and his life passions; from surfing, to his obsession with the South American dorado, to the time he went bushwhacking in Mozambique. Replete with Shacochis’s signature swagger, humor, and crystalline wisdom,
is a majestic and essential collection from one of our most important writers.