A descent into alcoholism and then recovery set against the most beautiful landscapes the world has to offer.
 
What happens when a journey goes wrong? What happens when a travel book doesn't have a happy ending?
 
Stu Nugent was never a good candidate for a round-the-world cycling trip. In a flash of uncharacteristic daring, he attempted to cycle the Northern Silk Road, from Shanghai to Europe. He failed. He failed dramatically.
 
Against a backdrop of the world's most staggering, awe-inspiring landscapes, he was forced to smoke opium at gunpoint, attacked by a snake in a remote Kyrgyz river, robbed at gunpoint by the police in Kazakhstan, and imprisoned in anonymous jail somewhere on the Central Asian steppe.
 
Now in long-term sobriety, Just Crazy Enough To Work is a journey across the worl, but it's also a journey into alcoholism, insanity, and ultimately recovery.