Among Insurgents Walking through Burma

"Tucker's Big Adventure, as he himself calls it, is a throwback to the heroic age of travel. For Tucker himself the clock appears to have stopped in 1850--all is chivalry, muscular Christianity, and derring-do. He is, however, endlessly fascinating and well-informed on this little known region of Asia where the end of A HANDFUL OF DUST by Evelyn Waugh elides surreally into Paul Theroux's MOSQUITO COAST. His book is also outstandingly well written in the insouciant Peter Fleming tradition.Tucker, Shelby is the author of 'Among Insurgents Walking through Burma' with ISBN 9780007127054 and ISBN 0007127057.