A Plumber’s Progress: Pilgrimage to the Heart of Tibet
July 29th, 2010
Product Description
Why is a Kiwi plumber, pushing 50 and with a bad lung, hell-bent on wandering off to the lid of the world where there are lots of Chinese soldiers and not much air? After decades of hard yakker, harder addictions, then six years of living in an American ashram, Kiwi adventurer W. J. O’Connell loses his right to stay on in the U.S. He’s hitting middle age, has no home, no job, no wife, no bach at the beach, no life insurance. What should he do? Logical really… More >>
I ordered this book after reading about it in ‘Eat, Pray, Love’. I scanned the book when it came in the mail but did not interest me enough to read. The quality of the writing/editing did not seem to be of a very high standard.
Rating: 1 / 5
I really enjoyed this poet-plumber’s trip from California to India and Tibet, learning not only about these countries but also about his quest to find spiritual enlightenment. His humour keeps the quest grounded in reality. “A Plumber’s Progress” is the male equivalent to “Eat, Pray Love”, and, indeed this is the same plumber mentioned in that book. Merely scanning the book will not reveal its poetic and philosophical gems. Dig in and read it from cover to cover!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is an exciting adventure written from a refreshing and humorous point of view. It makes a great gift, too.
Rating: 5 / 5