The Bone Man of Benares: a novel based on a true story - Softcover

Tarnoff, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0988858509 ISBN 13: 9780988858503

Publisher: Avian Press, 2013

Synopsis

In 1971, fed up with the politics and culture of America, Terry Tarnoff packed a bag, a guitar and sixteen harmonicas and headed out on an eight year journey that would take him into the jungles of Africa, the mountains of India and beyond. Smoking a chillum around a funeral pyre with lepers, battling fist size cockroaches in Mombasa Africa or driving through the poppy fields of Thailand with a kamikaze cab driver, each adventure leads Terry further into worlds unlike those he has ever known. Through an eclectic coterie of like minded expatriates-from a heroin junkie in Bangkok to the girl of his dreams in Stockholm-Terry begins to discover the true purpose of his travels. An energetic exploration of one drop-out's search to find answers in a world that poses only questions, Tarnoff's journey is an exploration of freedom and an effort to push the limits of human experience. With wit, irreverence and more than an ounce of pathos, The Bone Man of Benares traverses the chasm of time and through his startling adventures speaks to readers young and old about the universal need for connection.

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Review:

"A truly great travel book where the life of the traveller is centre stage and the experiences along the way are the constantly changing backdrop." (Sydney Morning Herald)

"It's a top read . . . a brilliant account of a foolhardy young American's travels in the Seventies." (Front Magazine)

Book Description:

Around the world on the ultimate drop-out adventure

About this edition

• Publisher: Avian Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0988858509
• ISBN 13: 9780988858503
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 434