Product details
ISBN
9780571251049
Published
2009-04-16
Publisher
Faber & Faber; Faber & Faber
Weight
564 gr
Height
135 mm
Width
216 mm
Thickness
33 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
462
Author
Biographical note
Gavin Young (1929-2001) was a journalist, writer, and briefly a member of MI6. As a journalist, he was most associated with the Observer, being in the words of Mark Frankland's obituary 'a star foreign correspondent'. When disenchantment with journalism set in he turned to the writing of books. The two most famous ones are Slow Boats to China and its sequel Slow Boats Home. He himself had a particular affection for two later books In Search of Conrad (winner of the Thomas Cook Book Award) and A Wavering Grace. These and Beyond Lion Rock, From Sea to Shining Sea, Return to the Marshes and Worlds Apart are all being reissued in Faber Finds.In this, the sequel to Slow Boats to China (also reissued in Faber Finds), Gavin Young tells, with equal panache, of his return voyage from the China Seas to England, via the South Seas, Cape Horn and West Africa.
'I am decidedly envious of Gavin Young and his Slow Boats Home, successor to his highly entertaining Slow Boats to China . . . a fascinating, memorable book.' Eric Newby, the Guardian
'Like Slow Boats to China this is likely to become a classic of travel.' Francis King, the Spectator
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Tells of the author's return voyage from the China Seas to England, via the South Seas, Cape Horn and West Africa.
Product details
ISBN
9780571251049
Published
2009-04-16
Publisher
Faber & Faber; Faber & Faber
Weight
564 gr
Height
135 mm
Width
216 mm
Thickness
33 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
462
Author