num_pages: 246
description: An unusually compelling book, the record, at once comic and frightening, of a consciousness of the sixties as it tries to confront the ancient turbulence and terror of a great religious festival in India. Mitchner's writing makes a claim on us which we willingly give only to very distinguished literary performances.--Richard PoirierIn the literature of the road this unusual memoir deserves to rank high. A virtuoso celebration in dancing language of a hypnotically rich experience.--Publisher's WeeklyA hippy commedia dell'arte. . . .Hitchhiking adventures that will ring true to any traveler and even amuse the sedentary.--New York Times Book ReviewMore than a travel book. . .should be read as one would read Tom Wolfe's account of Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. . . .Mitchner's style is an extravagant blending of the real with the fantastic.--Baltimore SunA Huck Finn pilgrimmage. . .the skits and sketches of these pre-Easy Riders are engaging. . .moving and funny.--Robert Kirsh, L.A. TimesA remarkable journey, peopled with unforgettable characters and suffused with a heady literary exoticism. It's Kerouac's ON THE ROAD abroad and shares that book's zest, wonder, and downright hairiness!--Library JournalA Drug Generation ON THE ROAD. . .INDIAN ACTION is a rollicking, often frightening trip to a modern, psychedelic heart of darkness.--Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate
language: English
title: Indian Action : An American Journey to the Great Fair of the East
titlecomplete: Indian Action : An American Journey to the Great Fair of the East
publisher: Little Brown & Company