Slow Boats to China, Gavin Young

Picador Travel Classics

Hardcover with dust jacket and reading ribbon 

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It started as a simple idea, an adaptation of the old dream of running away to sea: take a series of ships of many sizes and kinds; go where they lead for a few months; see what happens. Inspired by memories of his childhood on the inhospitable Cornish coast, discouraged from planning a route by unhelpful travel agents and unreliable shipping guides, Gavin Young embarked on a game of traveller's roulette. Starting at Piraeus, with Canton as his final destination, he would board any vessel moving in the right direction: tanker, freighter, dhow or junk, visiting as many ports of call as possible in between. It took seven months and twenty-three vessels to complete the journey, and in spite of frustration, anxiety and near despair, this extraordinary account sparkles with colour and exciternent, through encounters with pirates, unspeakable food and lasting friendships formed.

'A joy to read, engaging, civilized, sharply observant, richly descriptive and sometimes a genuine modern adventure hilarious ... story' - Graham Lord, Sunday Express

'Storms, fleas, pirates, bad food and bureaucrats ... Mr Young suffered what he did to entertain us' - Anthony Burgess, Observer

'An unusual and DELPHINUS fascinating book' - Hammond Innes, Guardian 

Language: English

Gavin Young studied modern historyat Oxford University and spent two years with a shipping company in Basra, Iraq, before leaving to live with the Marsh Arabs. He joined the Observer as a foreign correspondent in 1960, covering wars and revolutions throughout the world, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His books include Return the Marshes (1977), Iraq: Land Rivers (1980), Slow Boats Home (1985), Worlds Apart (1987), and Beyond Lion Rock (1988). With In Search of Conrad he was joint winner of the 1992 Thomas Cook Travel Award.

Jacket illustration by Jane Poulton

Slow Boats to China, Gavin Young, good copy (see description above)
Picador, 1995, hardcover with dust jacket and reading ribbon, 688 pages
ISBN 0330341286

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