Really? A Pulitzer? We follow...in a very stereotypical fashion, a priveliged white guy's journey around the world, in what is supposed to be tragedy/comedy, but is really just another travel novel full of clichés of the places he visits (ie the places the author has visited, yawn yawn) and a supposed heartbreak...sounds like how many other novels, films, etc? Bad writing, unmemorable characters..I wish I had not read through to the end...I did not find any of it tragic, or funny. There are many great books out there, but this one is not one. The worst part was the Hollywood ending.