Slow Boats To China

By Gavin Young | Category: Travel books | DMCA

Seven months and twenty-three agreeably 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 memorably distils the people, places, smells, conversations, ships and history of the places he encountered in what is his most famous book. The sequel, Slow Boats Home, is...

Paperback: 504 pages
Publisher: Faber and Faber; Main edition (July 20, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 057125103X
ISBN-13: 978-0571251032
Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 1.3 x 8.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 2982014
Format: PDF Text djvu ebook

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Picked up a copy in the shop at Heathrow in 1984 before getting on my flight to Seattle. Great travel writing. I can't believe a used copy now costs 28 bucks! Guess I'll try the library...........

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