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Bom Bom is a coming of age road story punctuated by the music and politics of the seventies. A story of youthful hedonism, love, self-discovery and wild adventures through amazing landscapes that only a few were brave or stupid enough to embrace. Bom Bom is an adventure story about Mark, a young Aussie who heads to Europe to travel the perilous overland Hippie Trail back home. On the ferry to Athens, he falls in love with an American backpacker and together endures the wild and winding road to Kathmandu. They arrive in Bangkok, almost broke, but alive. With a throw of the Tarot, they spend their last dollars on a flight to Tokyo, where unbelievably they make big money to hit the trail again. In India they separate and Mark finds himself travelling alone in search of his lost love and his own sense of being. A wacky tale of drugs, sex and enlightenment in a time when you could. And a crazy road trip through places and headspaces that defined a time.

A true story of love, self-discovery and wild adventures on the overland Hippie Trail in the seventies.

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“He remembers everything … and he definitely was there.”
— Bruce Elder

A young Aussie.
A very long way home.

A young Aussie heads to Europe and takes the overland Hippie Trail home. On a ferry to Athens, he falls for an American backpacker. What follows is a journey through love, chaos and self-discovery, with some spectacularly questionable decisions along the way.

From Kathmandu to Bangkok and Tokyo, then back to India in search of a lost love, Bom Bom is Mark’s account of an extraordinary time to be young and on the road.

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Get Your Motor Running — original Bom Bom illustration by Paul Gearside

The author

Mark A Tesoriero

Before his career in advertising, media and digital production, Mark A Tesoriero was a young Australian out to see the world.

Bom Bom brings those adventures to the page: the people, the places, the love affairs and the sheer improbability of it all. Told by someone who was there.

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Mark A Tesoriero in Vientiane, 1975

Reader reviews

What readers are saying.

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“Honest, vibrant and funny!”

Papa Nui · Gold Coast

“Couldn’t put it down.”

Tom · Bangalow

“I laughed and cried all the way through it.”

Janet · Sydney

Bom Bom · The audiobook

The Hippie Trail.
From your armchair.

Settle in and let Jamie Greene take you on the overland route from London to Sydney in the early seventies. His narration brings Mark’s tale of backpacking, love and improbable adventures to life.

Nearly six hours on the road, without leaving your favourite chair. How Mark made it home? Let Jamie tell you.

Narrated by Jamie Greene
5 hours 58 minutes · Unabridged

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“Jamie Greene did an awesome job telling my tale.”

Mark A Tesoriero

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Choose how you’d like to read Bom Bom. Available in print, ebook and audiobook.

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The audiobook

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