Socialist Dreams and Beauty Queens By: Jamie Maslin [Audiobook]

Author: Jamie Maslin
Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Couchsurfer, hitchhiker, and rogue wanderer Jamie Ma”lin embarks on a couchsurfing adventure to the homeland of “firebrand”, “populist”, “anti-American” president Hugo Chavez: the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Alone in the crime capital of the world (with a murder rate higher than Iraq’s), Maslin immediately finds himself in trouble – arrested by knife-wielding police officers and inoculated with an unwanted vaccination. After a terrifying start in Caracas, he soon leaves the teeming city and travels to the places tourists never see, staying on the couches of people he befriended online just days earlier, and meeting everyone from fervent social revolutionaries to the country’s wealthy elite. He sets off in search of mile-high waterfalls, flat-topped jungle plateaus, rolling deserts, and the famous lightning that appears suddenly in the sky with no rain or thunder.

Visiting sprawling slums and opulent mansions, Maslin offers a fascinating and timely social, cultural, and historical introduction to a country increasingly in the headlines. Often irreverent, frequently informative, and habitually funny, this is the remarkable account of a young adventurer’s journey through a breathtakingly beautiful and dynamic country where the politics of oil and social revolution are never far from the surface.

General Information
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 Title:                  Socialist Dreams and Beauty Qu
 Author:                 Jamie Maslin
 Read By:                Stephen Hoye
 Copyright:              2013
 Audiobook Copyright:    2013
 Genre:                  Audiobook
 Publisher:              Audible Originals,
 Abridged:               No
Original Media Information
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 Media:                  Downloaded
 Source:                 Audible
 Condition:              New
File Information
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 Number of MP3s:         20
 Total Duration:         09:56:21
 Total MP3 Size:         274.56 MB
 Encoded At:             64 kbit/s 22050 Hz Mono
 ID3 Tags:               Set, v1.1, v2.3
Book Description
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Couchsurfer, hitchhiker, and rogue wanderer Jamie Ma"lin embarks on 
a couchsurfing adventure to the homeland of "firebrand", "populist", 
"anti-American president Hugo Chavez: the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.-
Alone in the crime capital of the world (with a murder rate higher than 
Iraq's), Maslin immediately finds himself in trouble - arrested by knife-wieldi-
ng police officers and inoculated with an unwanted vaccination. After 
a terrifying start in Caracas, he soon leaves the teeming city and travels 
to the places tourists never see, staying on the couches of people he 
befriended online just days earlier, and meeting everyone from fervent 
social revolutionaries to the country's wealthy elite. He sets off in 
search of mile-high waterfalls, flat-topped jungle plateaus, rolling 
deserts, and the famous lightning that appears suddenly in the sky with 
no rain or thunder.
Visiting sprawling slums and opulent mansions, Maslin offers a fascinating 
and timely social, cultural, and historical introduction to a country 
increasingly in the headlines. Often irreverent, frequently informative, 
and habitually funny, this is the remarkable account of a young adventurer's 
journey through a breathtakingly beautiful and dynamic country where 
the politics of oil and social revolution are never far from the surface.-

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