- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Picador; New edition edition (7 Jun 1985)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330287788
- ISBN-13: 978-0330287784
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 350,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An overview of the adventures of Eric Newby during his time as a commercial traveller working in the world of haute couture for the family firm of Lane and Newby, from his repatriation as a prisoner-of-war in 1945 until he embarked on his walk in the Hindu Kush in 1956. Last published in 1985.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Genuinelyhilarious memoir of the writer's time in the rag trade after the war and an afectionate portrait of his father - an unsual man of his times. Strongly reccomended.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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There will have been lots of companies operating as Eric Newby's father's did in the 1950s, with characters such as he met working for them like the rep who never stepped out of his long johns. It's a time gone by, and it's good that we have such an evocative record of them as this book gives. Read it. It's fun (glad I wasn't there though!)
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