The Bone Man of Benares
Subtitle: A Lunatic Trip Through Love and the World
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: June 14, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780312324476
Subjects: Essays & Travelogues; Personal Memoirs; Travelers; Travel / General; General; Travel; Biography / Autobiography; Asia; Biography; Description and travel; Tarnoff, Terry; United States
First sentence: Psst ... psst ..." I turned from the outer door of Bangkok's Don Muang Airport to see a real mess of a guy calling to me from the shadows.
Description: "In 1971, America was a country divided. With a feeling of alienation, Terry Tarnoff packed a rucksack and headed for the far reaches of the globe. For eight years he traveled, battling fist-sized cockroaches in Kenya, smoking a chillum with lepers in India, and hurtling through poppy fields in Thailand with a kamikaze cabdriver. His quixotic drive to find meaning in his life led him deep into the world unlike any he had ever known." "The Bone Man of Benares is a cross-cultural discovery that traverses the chasm of time, speaking to readers young and old about the universal need for connection."--BOOK JACKET.