num_pages: 256
description: A humorous overview of Eric Newby's travels from Mayfair to the mountains of the Hindu Kush, north-east of Kabul, offering insight into the numerous eccentric characters and adventures he met along the way, and descriptions of the spectacular wilderness of Afghanistan. Last published in 1981.
language: English
title: A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
titlecomplete: A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
characters: Hugh Carless, Eric Newby
genres: Biography, Adventure, Asia, Mountaineering, Memoir, Nonfiction, India, Classics, Travel, History
ratings_count: 6348
publisher: Picador