From the reviews of A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush:
‘The most successful travel writer of his generation. It’s impossible to read this book without laughing aloud’
Observer
‘One of the most enjoyable reads of the last century’
Herald Tribune
‘Endlessly entertaining and self-deprecating’
Daily Mail
‘Full of serendipity and surprise’
Economist
‘A total success’
New Yorker
‘A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush established him as a traveller who not only journeyed fruitfully but had the ability to bring his readers with him’
WILLIAM TREVOR, Guardian
‘I still think the last few sentences of A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush the funniest ending to any book I have read’
GEOFFREY MOORHOUSE, The Times
‘The book that made [Newby’s] reputation … typically ironic in its understatement’
Observer
‘Newby is easily the best of the bunch’
Sunday Times