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Two Brits, George and Mark, set off from New York City to explore the back roads of America. In this calamity-ridden travel tale, George sets out in true clichéd fashion to discover the real America.

Throw in plenty of run-ins with the police, rapidly dwindling finances and Josephine - the worst car in the world - and you have all the ingredients for a classic American road trip. Will George and Mark make it all the way to California?

And then there is Rachel, George's girlfriend, left back in England. Would travelling to the United States without her turn out to be the stupidest decision he had ever made?

Free Country by George Mahood

Around the World in 80 Days by Michael Palin

Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North by Stuart Maconie

America Unchained by Dave Gorman

Talk to the Snail by Stephen Clarke

Billy Connolly's Route 66 by Billy Connolly

Road to Rouen by Ben Hatch

La Bella Figura by Beppe Severgnini

The Great Psychedelic Armadillo Picnic by Kinky Friedman

Traveling While Married by Mary-Lou Weisman

The Titanic Awards by Doug Lansky

Continental Drifter by Tim Moore

McCarthy's Bar by Pete McCarthy

Getting Stoned with Savages by J. Maarten Troost

Playing the Moldovans at Tennis by Tony Hawks

Paris in Love by Eloisa James

I Left My Tent in San Francisco by Emma Kennedy

What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristen Newman

Cruising Attitude by Heather Poole

Hold the Enlightenment by Tim Cahill