Jonathan Raban left Britain and moved to Seattle in 1990, when he was 47. He sold his Volkswagen on his way to Heathrow airport. He bought a Dodge with Washington state plates the next day, and in this second-hand car he would, over the years, travel through and write about his new country.
Inigo Thomas
A smooth passage
Jonathan Raban left Britain and moved to Seattle in 1990, when he was 47.

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