The irrepressible Eric Newby has done it again! His newest book - but hopefully not his last - is a chronicle of his various travels from early childhood to the present day. Anyone who has been with him to the Hindu Kush and in the Apennines, being hunted by the Germans during the war, will adore this book. He helpfully disguises his great erudition with high good humour and wonderful thumbnail portraits.
(Kathie Somerwil Ayrton - bwl 12 January 2002 ) |
