Here is an excerpt from The Lunatic Express, by Carl Hoffman, which struck me particularly as I was reading about his adventures around the world:
"America was anything but an abstraction. It was literal, vivid, reinforced every time a South American went to the movies or turned on the TV. It was a constant tease, this magical place where everyone was rich and beautiful (not to mention violent), and I tried to imagine what it would be like to watch a daily stream of Colombia - how powerful the idea of that place would become."
What if...?
"America was anything but an abstraction. It was literal, vivid, reinforced every time a South American went to the movies or turned on the TV. It was a constant tease, this magical place where everyone was rich and beautiful (not to mention violent), and I tried to imagine what it would be like to watch a daily stream of Colombia - how powerful the idea of that place would become."
What if...?
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