Malibu

Auteur

Michael Banks is a writer, a dog lover, an avid traveler, and a singer among many other talents. He's spent years of his life visiting breathtaking cities and towns in various destinations, including the French Polynesian islands; Sydney, Australia; Mexico; and most of the U.S. States. As of 2023, he's 13 years sober. Today, Banks lives in Maine and remains professionally invested in anthropological research amid his many other hobbies.

Texte du rabat

Malibu is a hiking book about the natural beauty and ecology of Southern California. It combines philosophy with a love of nature and California's unspoiled coastal beauty. It is also a tragedy, as that landscape is torn up and paved over for "progress", and Malibu is reduced to just another celebrity suburb of L.A. Malibu is a mixture of a West-coast "Walden" and a modern day "In Praise of Folly." It is an epithany and a lament, lyrical and ludicrous. It extols the virtues of a surfer's life and decries the "illth" of modern materialism. It is a polemic on the core values of modern life and challenges the premises of our everyday lives. Malibu invites you to read this book and take a hike.