Invincible Summer (2016)
“‘If you were offered the gift of immortality, would you take it and why?’ The four friends were trudging through a forest seventeen miles west of Baladas in Galicia, where they’d spent the previous night in a hostel dormitory. It was the penultimate day of a week spent hiking the last ninety miles of the Camino Frances, a pilgrimage route over a thousand years old, to reach the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela. They made an unlikely band of pilgrims, with Sylvie’s fluorescent orange hair and Lucien’s aviator sunglasses and velvet trousers setting them apart from the other walkers in their sensible hiking gear, but having spent months arguing over where to go on a joint holiday they’d all finally agreed when Benedict had suggested this trip. It suited Sylvie because somebody had at last put forward something she could actually afford, walking and staying in hostels, and Eva had figured it would be useful for losing a bit of the extra weight she’d put on over a few too many boozy bro...ker dinners and takeaway lunches.MoreLess
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
8 / 10
User Reviews: