Guatemala
Steven Froelich
16 December 2025
9781917569033
Demy Hardback, 224pp
Price: £14.99
A reckless, drug-fuelled dive into Guatemala’s many contrasts, featuring Steven Froelich’s true-life shenanigans, resulting in unexpected connection amidst the chaos.
Steven Froelich doesn’t just stumble into trouble – he hunts it down and makes it his constant companion. Fresh from a Miami drunk tank, Steven lands in Guatemala City. Riotous road trips follow, with our man perpetually wasted on booze and cocaine, but fuelled by a passionate curiosity about people from all walks of life.
His guide? Antonio, a sweet-natured, streetwise hotel concierge who shepherds him through Antigua, Lake Atitlán, Monterrico and ultimately into the interior, where gringos are rare and deeply suspect. Then there’s glamorous, garrulous Anabella, with whom Steven strikes up an unlikely friendship, accompanying her back to the capital with her kids. He mooches a stay in her gated community, which bristles with armed guards and famous eccentrics.
Unapologetically raw, unfiltered and darkly funny, Froelich explores the absurdities of the human condition, Guatemala-style.
Author
Actor/playwright Steven Froelich was born and raised near Chicago, and has resided in London for over a decade. His first play, They Offered Bob and Wilma Cash, starred Sylvia Miles. His second play, Weekend In Rio, was workshopped at the Steppenwolf Studio in Chicago with Laurie Metcalfe in the lead, followed by public performances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it received two Best Actress nominations.
Oscar Zárate is an award-winning illustrator. In addition to the Froelich Misadventure series, his books include collaborations with Alan Moore (A Small Killing), Alexei Sayle (Geoffrey the Tube Train and the Fat Comedian) and Richard Appignanesi (Lenin for Beginners, Introducing Freud).