Truck It! : The Drive Around the World That Saved My Life

Author: Bobby Bolton

Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside

Published on 4 June 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Pan Books) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 336 pages
202 x 139 | 244g

The instant Sunday Times bestseller, now with a new bonus chapter.

What do you do when you’ve lost everything? You bet it all on a mad idea.

After a broken heart and a bankrupt business left him at rock bottom, Bobby Bolton made a drunken promise in a Wigan pub: he was going to drive to Australia in a converted truck with his dog, Red.

He thought it would be a story of one man and his dog. How wrong he was.

Just weeks into his journey, a chance encounter with a beautiful hiker named Marie changed everything. After only two dates, she bravely joined him on the adventure of a lifetime, and their epic love story began.

But their new life on the road was forged in the face of constant danger:Bribing corrupt Russian policeSurviving a mountain track collapse in ItalyBeing interrogated at a Taliban checkpointRescuing his new girlfriend from a 200-metre fall down a cliff faceAction-packed, hilarious, and full of Northern charm, Truck It! is the inspirational true story of what happens when you leave it all behind and find love, adventure, and a reason to live again.

Sunday Times bestseller at no 5, as of 29/07/2025.