Getting trendy eyewear and growing a stylish beard to prepare for an appearance amid renowned intellectuals at a serious literary conference in France next month.
The Idiot is cultivating a smart, serious, somber and slightly sinister look to impress French intellectuals attending a literary conference in October.
Don’t worry, he’ll lose the T shirt promoting the second book about his walk around the Mediterranean Sea.
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."