{"product_id":"just-go-down-to-the-road-a-memoir-of-trouble-and-travel-paperback","title":"Just Go Down to the Road: A Memoir of Trouble and Travel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An engrossing account of a young man discovering what he wants to do with his life.\"--Michael Dirda, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This deftly written memoir . . . is the story of a writer finding his own voice.\"―\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Just Go Down to the Road \u003c\/i\u003ebrings an exciting time in world and literary history to life. It's a remarkable travel account that began with the simple suggestion: 'Just go down to the road, Jim. You'll get a lift .'\"\u003ci\u003e―Foreword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An enthralling and compulsively readable memoir: James Campbell is a marvelously charming teller of his improbable progress from high school dropout to literary critic and intellectual. There is no resisting the humor and modesty, the humanity and tenderness of his vivid account.\"--Phillip Lopate, author of \u003ci\u003eTo Show and to Tell: The Craft of Literary Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJust Go Down to the Road\u003c\/i\u003e, James Campbell, a native Glaswegian, recounts his years as an incipient juvenile delinquent (arrested for stealing books!) and his young adulthood spent \"on the road\" in the early 1970s.\u003cp\u003eAfter dropping out of school at fifteen, Campbell struggled with family relations and factory work. Soon he threw it all off and went traveling--through Europe, the Near East, and North Africa. His was a bohemian existence; he got along by hitchhiking and trading work for shelter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn time, Campbell settled back in Scotland. Long a reader and writer, he began working for local magazines and attending University. His early encounters with well-known authors including John Fowles and James Baldwin set him on his true path, which took him to the position of long-time writer of the NB column for the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eJust Go Down to the Road\u003c\/i\u003e ends as Campbell gets his first book deal, and, after an unlikely start and unorthodox education, begins to find his place in the world of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Campbell was born in Glasgow. Between 1978 and 1982, he was the editor of the \u003ci\u003eNew Edinburgh Review\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eInvisible Country: A Journey through Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eGate Fever: Voices from a Prison\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eTalking at the Gates: A Life of James Baldwin\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), and a collection of essays, \u003ci\u003eSyncopations\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). For many years he was an editor and columnist at the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.43 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49144269897880,"sku":"9781589881648","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/S0tNWmlUZytOZXFZWFViNDNlTEVVUT09.webp?v=1779411202","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/just-go-down-to-the-road-a-memoir-of-trouble-and-travel-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}