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'Carmen Michael, a twenty-eight-year-old travel industry executive, ditches her job in London and visits the city of Rio de Janeiro for a holiday. Wary of the allure of glossy brochure promises, she starts out very much as a jaded jetsetter
Her scepticism, however, is swiftly overcome when she moves into a yellow mansion owned by Gustavo, a flamboyant bachelor who lives in the hills between the favelas.
'In the forgotten bairros of old Rio, Carmen embraces Latin American life with all its colour, danger, and unpredictability. She flirts with Brazilian high society, collaborates with an Italian revolutionary, walks straight into the well-sprung trap of a local hustler, runs away from him to Buenos Aires and then runs back - only to fall for a samba musician from the local bohemian quarter.
'Winding its way through the anarchic backstreets of bohemian Rio, far from the glitzy beaches for which the city is more famous, Chasing Bohemia looks at the extraordinary musical culture, unapologetic hedonism, and rampant infidelity that rule this far-flung paradise of the tropics.' (Publisher's blurb)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Armchair Journey
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 February 2008; (p. 5) The Age , 9 February 2008; (p. 5)
— Review of Chasing Bohemia : A Year of Living Recklessly in Rio de Janeiro 2007 single work autobiography -
Off the Shelf: Travel
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 November 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of Chasing Bohemia : A Year of Living Recklessly in Rio de Janeiro 2007 single work autobiography -
Life Change
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 October 2007; (p. 6)
— Review of Chasing Bohemia : A Year of Living Recklessly in Rio de Janeiro 2007 single work autobiography
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Life Change
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 6-7 October 2007; (p. 6)
— Review of Chasing Bohemia : A Year of Living Recklessly in Rio de Janeiro 2007 single work autobiography -
Off the Shelf: Travel
2007
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 November 2007; (p. 34)
— Review of Chasing Bohemia : A Year of Living Recklessly in Rio de Janeiro 2007 single work autobiography -
Armchair Journey
2008
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9-10 February 2008; (p. 5) The Age , 9 February 2008; (p. 5)
— Review of Chasing Bohemia : A Year of Living Recklessly in Rio de Janeiro 2007 single work autobiography
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Rio de Janeiro,
cBrazil,cSouth America, Americas,