Nevin Martell's Latest Freak Show Without a Tent is a Perfect Summer Introduction

Nevin Martell Courtesy of Photographer Scott SuchmanJust in time for the summer months comes DC food and culture writer Nevin Martell’s Freak Show Without a Tent: Swimming with Piranhas, Getting Stoned in Fiji and Other Family Vacations, a memoir chronicling his globetrotting family’s misadventures to far-flung corners of the world. Not only is it the perfect beach read, it will add a level of excitement and danger to the much needed R&R you have planned for the months ahead. And should something more thrilling be on your mind, it is no doubt chock-full of ideas.

While it sounds like it’s all fun and games, Martell recalls, “On our regular adventures, my sister and I often found ourselves thinking, ‘Buy the ticket, take the ride and hope we survive — so we can tell our therapists all about it later.”

Freak Show_v2_6x9_no bleedIn the book’s video trailer (click through the jump), Martell explains that, “By the time I was a teenager, I’d been to out...

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