Review "A winning first novel...Ferry's prose is so entrancing, his mild-mannered yet covertly audacious hero is so compelling, there is nothing intrusive or pretentious about this metafiction setup...A mordently funny and diabolically smart novel of happenstance and responsibility."-- "Booklist""Assertions that all the world's stories have been told are challenged in this unique novel, one which examines storytelling itself...As the voice of Pete, Anthony Heald is the epitome of an eloquent everyman. Heald shifts his tone seamlessly as he captures all the variations on the 'travel writing' of the title with a confident, capable performance. Part personal (and, of course, literal) exploration, part murder mystery, and part metaphysical examination of writing itself--this novel and Heald's delivery of it are certainly worth the trip."-- "AudioFile""Ferry's undeniably clever debut novel, full of metafictional razzle-dazzle...Listeners with a taste for fiction about fiction will find ample rewards...If you buy strictly on merit, though, go for it."-- "Library Journal""Imagination and literal truth collide intriguingly in this Chinese-box puzzle...This is a witty novel about its own provenance, an exploration of the ambiguous ways in which the writer's imagination works...Novel or not-novel, it's one hell of a fictional debut."-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)" Product Description Pete Ferry, high-school English teacher, witnesses a car accident that kills a beautiful woman named Lisa Kim. But was it an actual accident or just an imaginative way to engage his students? Why cant he stop thinking about Lisa? About the Author Peter Ferry is a teacher, writer, and editor. He has written textbooks for Rand McNally and travel pieces for the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. His short stories have appeared in the New Review of Literature and McSweeney's, and he has won the Illinois Arts Council Literary Award for Short Fiction. He lives in E