{"product_id":"guatemala-high-life-low-life-9781917569033","title":"Guatemala: High Life, Low Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Steven Froelich | Oscar Zarate\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Extraordinary Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Extraordinary Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Central America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Froelich doesn't just stumble into trouble: he hunts it down and makes it his constant companion.\u003ci\u003eGuatemala\u003c\/i\u003e inaugurates the series of Froelich's travel memoirs, which will include Belize, Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico and Cuba. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFresh from a Miami drunk tank, Steven lands in Guatemala City. Riotous road trips follow, with our man perpetually wasted on booze and cocaine but fuelled by a passionate curiosity about people from all walks of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis guide? Antonio, a sweet-natured, streetwise hotelconcierge who shepherds him through colonial Antigua, the shores of Lake Atitl�n, the beaches of Monterrico and, ultimately, into the interior to visit his home village, where \u003ci\u003egringos\u003c\/i\u003e are rare and deeply suspect. Danger is never far off, but neither are laughs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen there's Anabella, a wealthy, glamorous and garrulous middle-aged woman with whom Steven strikes up an unlikely friendship, accompanying her back to the capital with her three kids. There he mooches an open-ended stay in her gated community, which bristles with armed guards and famous eccentrics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an unapologetically raw, unfiltered and darkly funny voice, Froelich explores the absurdities of the human condition, Guatemala-style - beauty and madness, privilege and privation.","brand":"Extraordinary Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47564897779863,"sku":"9781917569033","price":1597.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781917569033.webp?v=1774695379","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/guatemala-high-life-low-life-9781917569033","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}