Slow Boats To China. A Hilarious Modern Adventure Story by Gavin Young

Seven months and twenty-three agreeab ly ill-assorted vessels are what were required to transport Gavin Young, by slow boat, from Piraeus to Canton. His odyssey teemed with excitement, adventure and colour. Gavin Young's account memo rably distils the people, places, smells, conversations, ships an d history of the places he encountered in what is his most famous book. The sequel, Slow Boats Home, is also reissued in Faber Fin ds. 'An unusual and fascinating book.' Hammond Innes, Guardian 'S torms, fleas, pirates, bad food and bureaucrats ... My Young suff ered what he did to entertain us.' Anthony Burgess, Observer. This 1983 Penguin Paperback is in very good condition.

ISBN: 9780141007861 SKU: 1399547 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1399547
Location: Travel