Travelling to Work: Diaries 1988–1998

The third volume of published diaries by Monty Python member and renaissance man Palin continues the richly detailed and entertaining record of his life spanning a decade highlighted by successful travel documentaries, film and television acting, the writing of his first novel, and such life-altering events as the deaths of his mother and of founding Python member Graham Chapman. During these years he is "fundamentally wary" but "drawn to risk like a moth to a flame," as he states in his introduction, describing his personality as constantly attracted to doing something he has never done before. Along with portrayals of his work, Palin expresses self-doubts and performs self-examination, and his diaries offer novelistic detail on topics ranging from landscapes and food to people and current events, recounting life's progressions, diversions, and observations.