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Eric Newby

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'Eric Newby writes as lightly as he travels. “A Traveller's Life” is a tonic and a pleasure' William Trevor, Guardian

'The thing that sets Eric Newby quite apart from other literate travellers is his gusto. Where others flutter on impressionistic wings, tread self-consciously across unpeopled wastes, or muse lyrically and sometimes disproportionately about the past, Newby barges into everything with relish and mockery in the very opposite of the grand manner. . . . Everything Eric Newby has written is a joy. This compendium is a treat' Geoffrey Moorhouse, The Times

'The highly engaging peripatetics of a man who was born with a natural hunger for lonely and exacting places, a wry but charitable outlook on his scurrying fellows, and a silver pen in his hand' Observer

'This is a collection of jewelled vignettes: part travel, part life. A feast. . . . One of the few great travel writers who makes you want to follow in his footsteps. . . . As he travels on, Newby never loses this childhood freshness of vision, his essential innocence as a traveller. Perhaps this is his greatest gift' Times Literary Supplement

'Whatever his quest may be, he allows us to accompany him vicariously on it … and his book is a delight to read' Auberon Waugh

'Appealing autobiography by ex-travel editor who can find adventure in a pram trip or a London sewer' Sunday Telegraph

'A Traveller's Life offers a high-spirited collection of memories, packed with good things, of a man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush' Observer

'In order to belong to the inner circle of free-range travelers you have to be willing to choose the hard and hazardous bits - and this is where Eric Newby is so outstandingly good' Punch

'Eric Newby's admirers will not be disappointed' Listener

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'Eric Newby writes as lightly as he travels. "A Traveller's Life" is a tonic and a pleasure' William Trevor, Guardian 'The thing that sets Eric Newby quite apart from other literate travellers is his gusto. Where others flutter on impressionistic wings, tread self-consciously across unpeopled wastes, or muse lyrically and sometimes disproportionately about the past, Newby barges into everything with relish and mockery in the very opposite of the grand manner... Everything Eric Newby has written is a joy. This compendium is a treat' Geoffrey Moorhouse, The Times 'The highly engaging peripatetics of a man who was born with a natural hunger for lonely and exacting places, a wry but charitable outlook on his scurrying fellows, and a silver pen in his hand' Observer 'This is a collection of jewelled vignettes: part travel, part life. A feast... One of the few great travel writers who makes you want to follow in his footsteps... As he travels on, Newby never loses this childhood freshness of vision, his essential innocence as a traveller. Perhaps this is his greatest gift' Times Literary Supplement 'Whatever his quest may be, he allows us to accompany him vicariously on it ! and his book is a delight to read' Auberon Waugh 'Appealing autobiography by ex-travel editor who can find adventure in a pram trip or a London sewer' Sunday Telegraph 'A Traveller's Life offers a high-spirited collection of memories, packed with good things, of a man who can make a schoolboy holiday in Swanage as colourful as a walk in the Hindu Kush' Observer 'In order to belong to the inner circle of free-range travelers you have to be willing to choose the hard and hazardous bits - and this is where Eric Newby is so outstandingly good' Punch 'Eric Newby's admirers will not be disappointed' Listener

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