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Chasing the Monsoon (Paperback)

by Alexander Frater (Author)

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Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (13 May 1991)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0140105166
ISBN-13: 978-0140105162
Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 1.8 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 468,516 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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On 20th May the Indian summer monsoon will begin to envelop the country in two great wet arms, one coming from the east, the other from the west. They are untied over central India around 10th July, a date that can be calculated within seven or eight days. Frater aims to follow the monsoon, staying sometimes behind it, sometimes in front of it, and everywhere watching the impact of this extraordinary phenomenon. During the anxious period of waiting, the weather forecaster is king, consulted by pie-crested cockatoos, and a joyful period ensues: there is a period of promiscuity, and scandals proliferate. Frater's journey will take him to Bangkok and the cowboy town on the Thai- Malaysian border to Rangoon and Akyab in Burma (where the front funnels up between the mountains and the sea).

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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent journey through India, 28 Feb 2001

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Alexander Frater is a charming companion and his journey is a really very interesting one - he recounts the feverish days waiting for the monsoon to relieve the heat of summer, and then follows its route as it advances through India, bringing its life-giving water and welcome fresh air. We learn an awful lot about India and its people and their preoccupations - it's a book where you finish it having FELT what you are reading, second only to going there yourself. Frater's a great writer, and here he's found an unexpected and interesting reason for his journey through India. But why is Beyond the Blue Horizon, his book about retracing the route of the first commercial aircraft, often flying boats, to make the journey from England to Australia, now out of print?

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4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and introspective tour of parts of lesser-known, 27 Jan 2001

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This was a book which once opened one could not put down. It gave the 'feel' and 'smells' of india and the dewscriptive woriting was such that it took one back to the India one knew. I do not think the author ever intended to to create an indepth travelogue/history or a report on social affairs. I was disappointed at the shallowness of another reviewers criticism, ghut clearly no book will please all. However I am happy to redress the balance.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A splendid journey through India!, 7 Feb 2001

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This is travel writing at its best. An imaginative theme, vivid descriptions, good variety. Frater has the gift of capturing the essence of the scene in a few well-chosen paragraphs.

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