A review by spinstah
The Routes of Man: How Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today by Ted Conover

3.0

I found this to be very slow going for the first chapter, but eventually it captured more of my interest. I think some of it was more that it wasn't quite what I expected - it's very much a travelogue, and to me the title sounds more academic. Conover reports on his experiences on six roads around the world, sharing stories of the people he meets and how the road impacts their lives. There are lots of interesting characters here and he's a seasoned and adventuresome traveler, taking the reader into all kinds of places most of us will otherwise never go.