The old title, A TRIP BY CANOE, was too pedestrian, too prosaic, too unimaginative. WORLD OF WORLDS is more evocative and ambitious, and it does a better job of suggesting the actual subject matter.
A sampling from WORLD OF WORLDS:
A solitary risk-taker climbs a mountain near Europe’s highest peak;
three Australians dazzle a traveler on the Kenya coast with their financial acumen and nerve;
a desperate alcoholic in the Congo latches onto a reckless Irish newsman;
a former student protester...
