THE LONGEST WAY HOME (Andrew McCarthy) - November 11/12

This entertaining but overlong travel book fares best when McCarthy focuses on his relationship with and impeding nuptials to "D" - who is, inexplicably, referred to as Dolores in the acknowledgements (ie why not call her Dolores all along?) McCarthy is a very good writer, certainly, and the book makes me want to never go mountain climbing, but I just couldn't work up much interest in his solo trips into remote yet similar locales. **1/2 out of ****