The Train of Ice and Fire

‘A fabulous account of a wonderfully borderline-insane trip.’ - Songlines ***** ‘Any band that ever moaned about the freshness of the backstage towels should read this book.’ - Word ‘For Manu’s growing army of admirers, the book provides a magical-realist insight into how his music has developed.’ - The Guardian ‘Maybe it was the best adventure I ever had.’ - Manu Chao

Ramon Chao (Villalba, Lugo 1935) is a distinguished writer and journalist. He was chief editor for the Latin American service of Radio France Internationale, and worked for Le Monde and Le Monde Diplomatique. He is the French correspondent for Radio Colifata in Buenos Aires. In 1984 he created the prestigious Juan Rulfo Prize, an award for new Spanish language writers. He has written numerous essays and novels in French, Spanish and Galician. Amongst his works are Las Travesias de Luis Gontan, Las Andaduras del Che, El Lago de Como and Porque Cuba Eres Tu. He lives in Paris.