Becoming a Tourist

<p>In <em>Becoming a Tourist: Travels in Countries That No Longer Exist</em> Handelman's writing lifts off the page and he's a genius at simile allusion humor and turning a phrase. There's an intelligent writer behind this narrative a writer both full of hubris and humility at different periods in his life.  </p><p>--Luella Bryant author of the novel <em>Beside the Long River </em>2022; the history <em>Hot Springs and Moonshine Liquor 2020 </em>and other works of fiction and non-fiction. </p>