It’s too late to get a FREE download of an Idiot-ic book for Christmas!

The Kindle, or Kindle app, version of “The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean” was FREE until 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 25  @ amazon.com. On Christmas Eve the FREE download was ranked first in Amazon’s Adventure Travel and Spiritual Self Help categories, second in Speciality Travel and  third in European Travel.

#1 in Adventure Travel.

#1 in Spiritual Self-Help.

The first book in the trilogy of travel narratives recounting The Idiot’s 20-year trek around the Mediterranean Sea received positive reviews and international acclaim when it was published in 2008.

This is where The Idiot takes you in “The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean.”

One of The Idiot’s favorite reviews appeared in Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald. Written by book critic Bruce Elder, it read in part:

“This is one of those seductive books that, as you read, slowly insinuates itself into your consciousness and becomes more and more compelling and entrancing….Stratte-McClure belongs to a generation that was entranced by the road journeys of Jack Kerouac and Robert Pirsig (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance). These were journeys where the landscape and the exploration of the author’s psyche were blended artfully….It is a high-wire literary act that is always in danger of collapsing into pretentiousness, but Stratte-McClure is so knowledgeable about the paths he walks and so sensitive to the history and landscapes around him that what he produces is not only an interesting travel book but a compelling story about a simple attempt to overcome a mid-life crisis and make some sense of the world.”

Acclaim for “The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean.”

Diana Plater of the Associated Press added:

“There must be simpler – and less strenuous – ways to get over a mid-life crisis following a divorce. Walking around the Mediterranean does seem to be a bit extreme. But American journalist and author Joel Stratte-McClure doesn’t seem to be the type to take the easy way out.”

The “Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean” is FREE for Kindle users.

If you’re intrigued by “The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean” you might want to read “The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean” @ Steal This Book .

Published in 2013,  The Idiot II sets a new standard of interactivity for e-books, putting the reader directly in The Idiot’s hiking shoes as he discovers the exact location of Homer’s birthplace (see it on the GPS), examines Italian fashion trends (check out the photos) and creates a soundtrack for his travels (watch video of the songs) as he MedTreks through Italy, Greece and Turkey.

This is where The Idiot takes you in “The Idiot and the Odyssey II.”

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About Joel

Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."