Hitchhiking for Ugly People and Other Life Experiences

by Peter FitzSimons

Collection of humorous articles on various topics, by a well-known journalist. Some of the stories have previously been published in the 'Sydney Morning Herald' and the London 'Daily Telegraph' and in 'Basking in Beirut', the author's previous collection of articles.

241 pages, Paperback

First published August 26, 2004

About the author

Peter FitzSimons is one of Australia’s most prominent and successful media and publishing identities. His busy professional life involves co-hosting the breakfast program on Sydney's Radio 2UE, writing weekly columns for the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald newspapers, appearing on Foxtel's Back Page television show and, when time permits, authoring best-selling books. A correspondent for London's Daily Telegraph as well, he is also in high demand as a guest speaker and presenter

Reviews

[David Mitchell · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wrote a review of one of the best stories in the book here: https://ozhamada-observes.blogspot.co...

The observations are now a little dated in that celebrity sportsmen on the day the book was written are now a distant memory. At times the short stories never got beyond a pub yarn level.