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'My Colombian Death'
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Matthew Thompson quit a cushy job at the Sydney Morning Herald one day to travel through the Colombian heartland. He has written his first novel, My Colombian Death in which he describes his adventures and experiences of Colombia, complete with danger, drugs and death.
He came into the studios of Radio 2SER in Sydney to speak to Ellice Mol.
http://www.mycolombiandeath.com/
The book is published by Pan McMillan
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I'm colombian and i was dissapointed that Matthew got so much into drugs in Colombia and he could not write anything nice about Colombia; because he was constantly drunk or on a high. Maybe i am quite in denial about the reality in Colombia but his book continuous to portray the bad image of Colombia. I am sure there are other ways to find what we want in life without getting in such mess. I've heard in a interview of him on ABC that he would like to go back to Colombia what for apart from getting stoned?
i found matt's book to be a fantastic experience. yes he got high on all sorts of wild things in colombia, but there is so much more to his book than that - the music, the festivals, the friends, the rush of life itself! matt embraces the good and bad of the country and of himself and i think that is what is so exciting about his book. i hadn't thought much about colombia before, but now i am interested in going there - and not for the drugs!