Review
Utterly absorbing; if you read only one travel book this year, this should be it (Alexander Frater, Author Of Chasing the Monsoon )
A disturbing, gripping and intensely passionate story (Esther Freud )
Rory MacLean is one of the most strikingly original and talented travel writers of his generation (Katie Hickman, Author Of Courtesans )
A disturbing, gripping and intensely passionate story (Esther Freud )
Rory MacLean is one of the most strikingly original and talented travel writers of his generation (Katie Hickman, Author Of Courtesans )
Spectator
`The magical beauty of MacLean's prose and the vividness of his
descriptions are . . . mind-blowing'
descriptions are . . . mind-blowing'
Daily Mail
'Original and fascinating. The freaks' trail to Nirvana has found
its most enthusiastic and expressive historian yet'
its most enthusiastic and expressive historian yet'
Esther Freud
'Undaunted and unprejudiced . . . A disturbing, gripping and intensely passionate story'
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Katie Hickman
'MacLean is one of the most strikingly original and talented writers of his generation'
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Tim Mackintosh-Smith
'MacLean takes us through the shattered remains of Shangri-La and leaves us sombre, but enlightened'
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Sunday Times
'A rich cacophony of views on the meaning of life . . . strewn with fascinating relics. Absorbing'
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Product Description
In the 1960s hundreds of thousands of young Westerners, inspired by Kerouac and the Beatles, blazed the 'hippie trail' overland from Istanbul to Kathmandu in search of enlightenment and a bit of cheap dope.
Since the Summer of Love, the countries that offered so much to these dreamers have confronted the full force of modernity and transformed from worlds of Western fantasy to political minefields.
Through a landscape of breathtaking beauty Rory MacLean retraces the path of the once well-worn 'hippie trail' from Turkey to Iran, Afghanistan to Pakistan, India to Nepal, meeting trail veterans and locals on his way, and relives wide-eyed adventures as he witnesses a world of extraordinary and terrifying transformation.
About the Author
Rory MacLean is the author of six highly acclaimed and award-winning books. He is a regular contributor to Radio 4 and lives in Dorset with his wife and son.
