{"product_id":"guatemala-high-life-low-life-9781917569033","title":"Guatemala: High Life, Low Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eSteven Froelich doesn't just stumble into trouble: he hunts it down and makes it his constant companion.\u003ci\u003eGuatemala\u003c\/i\u003e inaugurates the series of Froelich's travel memoirs, which will include Belize, Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico and Cuba. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFresh from a Miami drunk tank, Steven lands in Guatemala City. Riotous road trips follow, with our man perpetually wasted on booze and cocaine but fuelled by a passionate curiosity about people from all walks of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis guide? Antonio, a sweet-natured, streetwise hotelconcierge who shepherds him through colonial Antigua, the shores of Lake Atitlán, the beaches of Monterrico and, ultimately, into the interior to visit his home village, where \u003ci\u003egringos\u003c\/i\u003e are rare and deeply suspect. Danger is never far off, but neither are laughs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen there's Anabella, a wealthy, glamorous and garrulous middle-aged woman with whom Steven strikes up an unlikely friendship, accompanying her back to the capital with her three kids. There he mooches an open-ended stay in her gated community, which bristles with armed guards and famous eccentrics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an unapologetically raw, unfiltered and darkly funny voice, Froelich explores the absurdities of the human condition, Guatemala-style - beauty and madness, privilege and privation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Extraordinary Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781917569033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Steven Froelich","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52571217330357,"sku":"9781917569033","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/guatemala-high-life-low-life-9781917569033","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}