A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush

Newby, Eric

ISBN 10: 0001049313 ISBN 13: 9780001049314

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1995

Eric Newby describes his travels in the mountains of Afghanistan. He has also written "The Last Grain Race", "Slowly Down the Ganges", "Love and War in the Apennines" and "On the Shores of the Mediterranean".

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Review

'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush , the 1958 book that made his reputation, is typically ironic in its understatement.'
-- Observer

'All the lyricism, and spirit of adventure and discovery [in] Newby's work...' -- Times

'Endlessly entertaining and self-deprecating' -- Daily Mail

'Meeting Badar Khan was the inspiration I needed to finally read the book... It was as good as its hype.' -- Wanderlust

'Newby is easily the best of the bunch and was the subject of the first programme.' -- Sunday Times

'Picador have made again available one of the most enjoyable reads of the last century.'
-- Herald

Book Description

This 50th anniversary edition of one of our greatest travel classics includes never-before-seen photographs and a newly commissioned epilogue from Eric Newby’s travelling companion, Hugh Carless

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