A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush

Eric Newby

Everyone else had read (or at least tried to) read this book. The book is an account of a boys own adventure style journey to this remote region, undertaken with extreme amateurishness but without any thought that the author and his companion could possibly fail. Gill liked the 1950s social history aspect of the book and was amazed by the author's careless attitude to his family and money. All felt that there were some parallels to be drawn with the current spate of round the world balloonists.
Gill 8/2/98

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