Ted Conover at the Half King

In previous books of popular enthnography like Coyotes and Newjack, Ted Conover took readers inside the lives of illegal immigrants and prison guards. His new work, The Routes of Man, explores six roads around the world and what they are creating and destroying. At a reading at The Half King, Conover treated the crowd to tales of a drunken road trip in China, a logging camp in Peru, and a border in East Africa where the desperate, the devious, and the honorable congregate in equal measure. We're not sure we're going to read the book, but we'll likely be back to the bar, especially for a pint of Sixpoint.

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