Dervla Murphy: Full Tilt (Paperback, 1995, Flamingo)
Paperback, 256 pages
Published April 10, 1995 by Flamingo.
First up, there are several times where she is astonishingly racist. However, there is such depth and pluck and wonder in so much of her writing that I feel we can learn from her writing and thoughts both good and bad.
An amazing, inspiring, and heart warming journey through the Middle East. This travelogue is the daily journal of a hilarious and brave 30 year old Irish woman as she treks from Ireland to India on a bicycle. Throughout, she meets amazing people, faces adversity, fires a pistol, and is offered farm-land by a Pakistani prince.
One of the best books I have ever read.
Great book, really interesting on several levels -- both as a report of a fairly remarkable journey, and also as a window into the middle east during the early 1960s.
