Thomas Kohnstamm's new memoir Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? is causing great anxiety among the folks at Lonely Planet. It turns out that Kohnstamm faked his contributions to a dozen of the publisher's books, including their guide to Columbia. “I wrote the book in San Francisco,” he confessed. “I got the information from a chick I was dating—an intern in the Colombian consulate.”Oh, and he also dealt drugs to finance his trips, since LP didn't pay enough. Details are here.--David E
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