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The need for
perpetual motion has always been TONY PERROTTET's most obvious
personality disorder. While studying history at Sydney
University, the Australian-born Perrottet regularly disappeared
hitch-hiking through the Outback, sailing the coast of Sumatra or
traveling through rural India (enjoying a brief and inglorious
career as a film extra in Rajasthan).
After graduation, he
moved to South America to work as a 'roving correspondent,' where he
covered the Shining Path war in Peru, drug running in Colombia and
several military rebellions in Argentina. A brief visit to
Manhattan ten years ago convinced him that New York was the ideal
place for a rootless wanderer to be based. From his current
home in the East Village of Manhattan, he has continued to commute
to Iceland, Tierra del Fuego and Zanzibar, while contributing to
international publications including Conde Nast Traveler,
Smithsonian, Esquire, Outside, National Geographic Adventure, the
New York Times and London Sunday Times.
A collection of his
travel stories, Off the Deep End: Travels in Forgotten
Frontiers (HarperCollins Flamingo) was published in
1997.
Contact the
Author at: tonyperrottet@gmail.com
Random House
PR: Annie Klein aklein@randomhouse.com
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