When rock star Jack Wolf tries to kill himself, he realizes his fame and riches mean nothing. He sets off on a quest to find the only girl he ever loved: Cath Pearson. But the last time he saw her was 10 years previously in south east Asia, where she rejected him. Rock star Jack Wolf is so bored of being famous he tries to commit suicide. Encouraged to find something to believe in, he begins a quest to find the only girl he ever loved: Cath Pearson.
He tracks her through the backpackers she met after they parted. But the more he learns about Cath, the more he realizes how empty his life is, and how much emotional turmoil people cope with outside the trappings of fame.
A collision between the hedonism and gritty realism of Skins and the music world of Almost Famous, Backpackers is a road journey through sex, drugs, rock’n’roll and the tropics.
Told through the eyes of the backpackers Cath met as she traveled around south-east Asia. Jack slowly learns what happened after they parted. But the more he learns, the more he fears Cath may no longer be alive.
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