Stromboli
Hell’s Lighthouse and Other Island Delights
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Stromboli: Hell’s Lighthouse and Other Island Delights is a wickedly witty, darkly affectionate dive into one of the world’s most gloriously inconvenient places – Stromboli, the perpetually erupting volcano-island brooding in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Part travelogue, part history, part mildly concerned survival guide, this book pulls no punches and spares no lava bombs as it explores the geology, mythology, human stubbornness, and cinematic scandals that make Stromboli unforgettable.
From the island’s explosive birth to its starring role in a Hollywood love affair gone tabloid, Stromboli is both love letter and warning label. With chapters covering everything from Bronze Age settlements to modern volcano tourism, and packed with tales of pirates, saints, misguided settlers, goats, and the occasional German existentialist, this book celebrates the weird, wonderful, and wildly dangerous reality of life on a ticking geological time bomb.
Told in a tone that blends erudition with absurdity and laces fact with fatalism, this is not your average island travel book. Whether you’re a volcano chaser, an armchair adventurer, or someone who just enjoys reading about other people’s bad decisions, Stromboli offers a cinematic, laugh-out-loud, and occasionally ash-covered journey to the edge of the Earth – and possibly your comfort zone.
Perfect for fans of Bill Bryson, Mary Roach, and anyone who’s ever considered living somewhere deeply unwise.