My second novel I have chosen to self-publish, partly for the experience and partly because it is quirky in both form and subject matter. I doubt a mainstream publisher would be interested, in these days of collapsing readership.

Critical to the form (and contributing to the narrative) of the book is "The Lonely Planet Guide to Kenya" which had appeared only two years before the events of the book, and was already the Travellers' Bible. An entry in the Guide suggested visitors should pay a visit to Buffalo Bills Bar, a unique attraction, and so a stream of travellers headed there. Only to find out that what had once been a hangout for artists was now a pickup joint featuring exotically dressed sole traders of great conversation but doubtful morality. Because he was misled, the "hero" finds solace there in making the best of several probably bad decisions that affected the rest of his life. 

Like the Lonely Planet Guide, "Buffalo Gals" has lots of pictures, and boxes containing interesting side material (mostly outrageous newspaper articles). It skims across the wonderful animals and cultures of Kenya and elsewhere (especially the unique culture of the bar), describes adventures within the very varied landscape, and even has a few maps.

As well as in Kenya, the quixotic "hero" soon finds himself having short adventures in other exotic locales - the Alps, Egypt, South Africa, Zanzibar, Jordan, Canada, Budapest, Romania, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Yemen, Brazil, Jamaica, Cuba, Gaza, Korea, Venice, Uzbekistan and Turkey. Sometimes accompanied by his equally quixotic hard-travelling wife Carmen, sometimes with other companions.