House of the Tiger King: The Quest for a Lost City
'What give the book a cutting edge, along with the comic-book vivacity of the dialogue, is Shah's brutal candour' -- Independent  'Shah is an uproariously funny writer' -- The New York Times  Praise for TRAIL OF FEATHERS: 'Tahir Shah has a talent for inventive and outrageous travelling. He uses a natural candour to confront villains, mountebanks, lunatics and murderers, allowing situations to develop which would have most of us running and screaming' -- The Spectator  'The journey is appalling and hilarious and full of gems' -- Daily Telegraph  Praise for SORCEROR'S APPRENTICE: 'Extraordinary ! One of the most surreal -- not to say downright incredible -- works of travel ever published' -- The Times  'Terrific ! learned, funny and completely spellbinding' -- Mail on Sunday  Praise for IN SEARCH OF KING SOLOMON'S MINES: 'Jaw-droppingly, dreadfully funny' -- The Times  'Simple and elegant, subtly self-deprectaing and often hilarious -- worth its weight in gold' -- Time  'A most extraordinary writer' -- Christopher Ondaatje