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Admitting his fears, ("Suffering, danger and poverty are all fine by me, but dirt and disease are two things I happen to hate") Dave is determined to prove he's not a coward and accepts an invitation to go to India with James's girlfriend Liz (in anticipation of consummating their burgeoning relationship). But by the time they get on the plane it all goes downhill. Bickering constantly, their adaption to India couldn't be more different. Liz embraces it--hugging beggars and wearing saris, while Dave's dry-humoured rants, scepticism and fear of the unknown eventually drive her away in search of her "centre".
The characters the pair meet along the way draw upon all the old hippy-traveller stereotypes, but there's also a few new ones in keeping with the times. There's Ranj--a British-born Indian who hates Indians; Jez--a public-school-educated undergraduate whose travels are being funded by daddy; and Caz and Fee who experience the side-effects of "Intimate Yoga".
While this story is ultimately a funny piece of fiction, it also addresses more serious considerations, such as cultural stereotypes, peer pressures and making life-changing decisions.
This book is irresistible and seasoned travellers will empathise with the situations Dave finds himself in, (his graphic description of a bout of Dehli-belly is guaranteed to make you feel sorry for him, and nauseous too). Be prepared to laugh out loud. --Angela Boodoo
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Dave and Liz (Dave's sort-of-best-mate's girlfriend) set off to India for an authentic, alternative, holistic experience. Dave already knows that he fancies Liz, but has not, as yet, realised that he also hates her. Liz is searching for inner peace; Dave is searching for a piece of Liz. Dave is cynical, apprehensive and naïve; Liz is eager, flirtatious and naïve. Sutcliffe is funny, very funny.
Through choice characters and sharp dialogue the reader is taken on a whistle stop tour of India's hippie trail and shown a few polarised snaps of the workings of the not-quite-twenty-something's mind along the way.
Given the subject matter, one would have been forgiven for assuming that, to fully appreciate the satire, one would need to have had some such "travelling" experience oneself. This is not the case. If you've never been travelling yourself, you will doubtless know someone who has. As Sutcliffe stresses, travelling is no longer the reserve of the adventurous or the alternative, is has now become almost a prerequisite to university admission for the middle classes from England's leafy Home Counties. Backpacking has now become as institutionalised as any Public school, or packaged holiday to Ibiza.
Short, witty and observant, this is a book you will not put down. If you like to be inconspicuous, do not read this book in public.
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