We Approach Our Martinis with Such High Expectations [Paperback]

Jamie Brisick (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 12, 2002

Jamie Brisick is one of those lucky few who has managed to spend the majority of his adult life traveling the globe. Through his lifelong connection with the surfing world, first as a professional surfer and later as the editor of Surfing Magazine and currently as a freelance writer for a number of magazines he has found himself traveling from Brazil to Bali, Paris to Hawaii, Fiji to New York and points beyond. It's only natural that Brisick would accumulate a powerful and diverse collection of images on his journeys, and equally natural that he would have words to go with them. Whether they are travel sketches, philosophical musings or barstool rants, Brisick aspires to agitate, educate and entertain, sometimes all at once. It's a collection of visceral, vivid, joyous images and thoughts from a unique and not always serious perspective.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Brisick brings a remarkable power to his descriptions and images of this world that he moves in. -- Sandow Birk, Los Angeles 2002

Jamie Brisick has revived my yearning for travel and adventure..He makes me want to return back to the water. -- Perry Farrell, 2002

Jamie Brisick is a 21st century philosopher and genius-raving surf journalist and offers all that and more in Martinis. -- Surfing Magazine, April 2002

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Consafos Press (March 12, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965653579
• ISBN-13: 978-0965653572
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,584,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Photos, little text, August 29, 2004

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J. Schultz "BALER" (North Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Approach Our Martinis with Such High Expectations (Paperback)

Note: this book is mostly photographs and images, with very little text. Not that there is anything wrong with it, it's just that I expected a lot more reading material. The book took me less than an hour to read cover to cover.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eclectic and on the money, April 4, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: We Approach Our Martinis with Such High Expectations (Paperback)

Jamie Brisick has a brilliant eye and a cunning voice. His photos are candid, casual, low-tech and shot from the hip. Coupled with the words you get a postcard of depth, substance, insight and anthropological observation. The Fiji stories call to mind Paul Theroux's tales of the South Pacific--a journeyman's diaries opened up to the public. There's a story about a surfer who loses his sight and gains a newfound love of life--inspiring and life-affirming. There are short sketches of marvellous feats attained by surfers. Best of all is a first-person dance down the main avenues of Crnaval in Rio de Janeiro. The book jumps from palce to place, subject to subject, and ends up in New York where the author confesses that the book has been perverted by a pair of sex-crazed neighbors. Funny, lighthearted and worthwhile.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars dry and dirty, May 15, 2002

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bibliophile "bibliophile" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: We Approach Our Martinis with Such High Expectations (Paperback)

how can one human being have done so much in such a short time? it's like the universe just throws amazing experiences at jamie, and we're lucky enough that he's an incredible, dedicated writer and photographer who records them for us. i was born to have this book on my shelf. now if i could just get it autographed.