I wasn't a great fan of Condon's first book, "Sean and David's Long Drive" but I gave the man a second chance to impress as he is Australian. Sadly, "Drive thru America" follows its predecessor as underwhelming.

We meet Condon, now working in an advertising agency who has been promised a work trip to the US, which was then reneged on at the last moment, so Condon decides to head to the US anyway and embark on another long drive. He gets sick and has to go to a doctor, pretends to be a blind man and apparently exacts a vicious revenge on his old manager from the agency.

There's nothing overly memorable about "Drive thru America", although for whatever reason I decided to give Condon yet another chance and read his follow-up, which is actually better than this. ( )

Ehh, I didn't care too much for this. Sean is whiny and seems determined to be miserable. Why travel if you hate everything? I think he means to be funny sometimes but it really does get old.
Have seen his book on Amsterdam but think I will give it a miss. ( )

I read this book over two separate periods - I can't remember why I had to stop and then start again, really.
The first half I really enjoyed - it was funny, fresh and really a good read. Somewhere it lost me however, as the writing style kinda got old. Maybe I'm the one getting old - their hijinks reminded me of younger days - folks I knew in my younger days, not really me :-)
Nevertheless, a good read for anyone looking for a little perspective on the homeland. ( )