A group of pilgrims led by the long dead poet Walt Whitman and the legendary football manager Sir Roy Babadouche are walking the Camino de Santiago. In the group are Echo the African Autodidact, Jack the Devon publican, and an unlikely bank robber called Oscar Bebbington. Also in the group are a socialist climber called Wilson, a dentist by the name of Denis Dennis and Venezia, a jolie Quebecoise. Two donkeys carry their equipment. They are very modern pilgrims as none of them believes in God. Instead they declare: ‘We are on pilgrimage to regain our humanity.’ The group start their pilgrimage near Marciac in southern France, crossing into Spain via the Col du Somport. Their journey, a distance of 650 miles, takes them a total of 54 days. One Million Euro recounts their many and strange adventures. During the course of the journey the pilgrims also tell stories of their lives. Some of these stories are true, but others are made up. “One Million Euro is a fictional travelogue following six pilgrims and two donkeys walking the Camino de Santiago. It is well written and full of wonderful observations on human nature. I loved the bit where Jack, who takes care of the donkeys, named Thatcher and Blair, finds out Thatcher is actually the mother of Blair. Surreal, brilliant…” - booklore.co.uk “A rich, allusory and multi-layered read. A novel about a motley crowd of modern nonbelievers, different cultures, different nationalities, different ages, different experiences, being led from southwest France along the Camino Frances by none other than the American poet Walt Whitman…who just happens to have been dead for almost a century and a quarter! A bizarre and challenging concept. The style is quite detached and formal with literary ‘nods’ to Chaucer, John Fowles, Aimery Picaud, Lorca and Hemingway. A robust, witty and original book. ...” - Confraternity of St James Bulletin. Rorie Smith has published two previous novels, Tombola! and Counterpart. He lives in Cornwall.