Travels with Alice [Paperback]

This delightful book collects Calvin Trillin's accounts of his trips to Europe with his wife, Alice, and their two daughters. In Taormina, Sicily, they cheerfully disagree with Mrs. Tweedie's 1904 assertion that the beautiful town is being spoilt, and skip the Grand Tour in favor of swimming holes, table soccer, and taureaux piscine. In Paris, they spend a day on the Champs-Elys?es comparing Freetime's le Hitburger to McDonald's Big Mac. In Spain, Trillin wonders whether he will run out of Spanish the way someone might run out of flour or eggs. Filled with Trillin's characteristic humor,Travels with Aliceis the perfect book for summer travelers.Calvin Trillinis the author of many books, includingFamily Man(FSG, 1998) andMessages from My Father(FSG, 1996). He writes a weekly column forTimeand a weekly poem forThe Nation. He lives in New York City.

Utterly delightful . . . the sophisticated traveler masquerading as innocent abroad. Newsday

One of the classiest and funniest writers . . . Tantalizing and hilarious. The New York Times Book Review

A book full of delights! His work is a moveable feast. Lloyd Rose, The Village Voice

Trillin's skillful book of travel, food and humor is an entertaining excursion. The Christian Science Monitor