The voyages of an Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land of giants; an island of sorcerers; and a country ruled by horses.

On a London street in broad daylight, world traveler Amity Doncaster is trapped in a carriage with a blade-wielding man in a black silk mask who whispers the most vile taunts and threats into her ear. Thanks to quick thinking and her secret weapon, Amity escapes with her life. But the monster known as the Bridegroom, who has left a trail of female victims in his wake, has survived the wounds she inflicted and will soon be on his feet again.

On a car trip to the beach, the O'Malley family children compete by playing games together.

In 1348 England, as the plague ravages the country, nine desperate strangers attempt to outrun the Black Death, revealing their individual stories as they travel away from the devastation, but one among them is hiding a far more sinister secret.

The ambitions, dreams, failings, and innermost thoughts of a diverse group of passengers are revealed as they travel aboard a bus along the backroads of California.

When the pre-launch party for their cruise is interrupted by the murders of the cruise line owner and two additional victims, Judith and Renie prowl the streets of San Francisco in a case that is complicated by two fellow travelers.

"?Cual? es el verdadero rostro del amor? Ricardo ve cumplido, a una edad muy temprana, el sueno que en su Lima natal alimento ?desde que tenia? uso de razon?: vivir en Paris?. Pero el rencuentro con un amor de adolescencia lo cambiara ?todo. La joven, inconformista, aventurera, pragmat?ica e inquieta, lo arrastrara ?fuera del pequeno mundo de sus ambiciones. Como telon? de fondo contemplamos la historia peruana desde 1950 hasta 1987, con sus vaivenes...

"In The Last Great Road Bum, Héctor Tobar turns the peripatetic true story of a naive son of Urbana, Illinois who died fighting with guerillas in El Salvador into the great American novel for our times"--