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Oh Mexico!

Set against the vibrant background of one of the world`s most dangerous cities, Oh Mexico! is not only a classic travel memoir, but also contains great narrative and stuffed with amazing facts about this country`s colourful history, lit up by warmth, wit, wisdom and pizzazz. With an eye for the bizarre and comic, Lucy`s engaging account of surviving life and love in a vast, bustling Central American city is irresistible. After graduating from university with an Arts degree, she is faced with a dilemma: find a job or disappear to Latin America, the exotic land of her childhood dreams! Arriving in Mexico City with little money and only basic Spanish, Lucy`s To-Do list is simple enough: `Next morning I awoke and began writing a to do list. Not that I am an organised person, but I was feeling overwhelmed – and I always find that a to do list gives me a sense that there is a potential to cope with the situation. 1. Find something to eat, 2. Wash undies, 3. Learn Spanish and 4. Get a job` Lucy promptly finds work as an English teacher and scores a room in a sunny apartment. Her new flatmate, the well-connected Octavio, is unnervingly attractive.So begins a comic tsunami of challenges as Lucy negotiates Mexico City`s stratified worlds, meeting everyone from street hawkers to crazy gringos, academics and socialites. Then, as the two men she accidentally falls in love with discover each other`s existence, her extrovert family arrive for a visit! With a curious mind and a knowing eye, Lucy`s account of life in this riotous third-world metropolis that is Mexico City is utterly irresistible.

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