Living the Linger! Four Wheels, Two Brothers and One Epic Adventure Across the USA

Big Sky State of Montana, USA. Photo by Chris Raven

Living The Linger
by Simon Raven & Chris Raven

The sudden break-up with Emily Willow finds Simon Raven, ex-amateur rock god and bored internet producer, on a Boeing 747 bound for Seattle. Led by his twin brother, Chris, who is more than happy to exchange a career in fashion photography for the open road, they embark on a buttock-clenching journey of paranoia and self-doubt, as they traverse Interstate 15 across backcountry America.

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Along the way the hapless duo bumble through bear infested wilderness, meet the eccentric and plain weird on the American freeway, escape a bullwhip wielding maniac in Missoula and survive the evils of Las Vegas. Testing their friendship to the limit as they battle to reach their nirvana, which exists in the form of the bikini beaches of California, the brothers find inspiration on a journey that exposes the stark truth about work and relationships and which asks the question - what do you really want to do with your life?

About the Authors

Chris Raven (L) Simon Raven (R)

The Raven Brothers were born in the United Kingdom. 'Hike, Drive, Stayin' Alive!' is their fifth book. The first published work by the authors, 'Living the Linger', tells the story of a journey of lost love and a search for the truth during a road trip through backcountry USA. A year later, the brothers became established travel writers following a life-altering drive from the UK to Vladivostok in a rusty Ford Sierra. Noted by Lonely Planet for their talent to portray an "accurate view of what to expect", the book 'Driving the Trans-Siberian' spurred a life on the road. 'Carnival Express' was the concluding title in the 'Linger Series' trilogy, and follows two struggling writers on a South America adventure. A period of photojournalism, documenting new and off the beaten track destinations, tribal India, China's deep south and Crimea, led to the release of Black Sea Circuit. Seizing a narrow window of opportunity to cross the notorious Caucasus frontier, the book explores great legends from Jason and the Argonauts to a tribe of fierce female warriors known as the Amazons. The release of 'Hike, Drive, Stayin' Alive!' signals a return to the duo writing "buttock clenching" travel comedy, with the first in a collection of ten candid stories of adventure by The Raven Brothers.

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