Hessler delivers eloquent disquisitions on everything from how to buy a used car in China to the history of the Mongol conquest.” - Dwight Garner, The New York Times The reporting in Country Driving is impressive in its scope. Hessler irresistible urge to follow a story.” - The New York Times Book Review He shows the effects China’s ever expanding network of roads exerts on individual lives. Hessler sets out with some suspect maps and a great deal of bravado. Full of exotic detail, solid reporting, and ironic observation, Country Driving offers a personal snapshot of the world’s second superpower hurtling through the 21st century.” - The Boston Globe “Hessler is a keen observer of mind-catching details and an engaging storyteller. “If you want to understand today’s China, and the forces changing it, you need to read Country Driving.” - The Huffington Post Hessler is a magnificent guide to this largely uncharted territory, witty, insightful, keenly aware of the ironies of this communist-capitalist society.” - The Minneapolis Star Tribune “Hessler has made a career of interpreting contemporary China and, for my money, nobody does it better. Every so often, I read a book that upends my perceptions about a place. “Peter Hessler, a modern Marco Polo crossing China in a rented Jeep Cherokee, has witnessed signs and wonders worthy of a Coen brothers film. Told with his characteristic blend of empathy, insight, and self-deprecating humor.” - Time “The best yet from Peter Hessler, whose two earlier books, River Town and Oracle Bones, were exemplary forays into the genre. Country Driving tells us as much about contemporary China even when Hessler is not on the road.” - The Christian Science Monitor Hessler’s description of China’s new drivers is hilarious. “A fascinating road trip through a land in transition.

Country driving by peter hessler