Hindoo Holiday |
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| Author:
| Ackerley, J. R. |
| Introduction by:
| Weinberger, Eliot |
| ISBN: | 978-0-940322-25-7 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2000 |
| Publisher: | New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The
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| Imprint: | NYRB Classics |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.95 |
Book Description:
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In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature.
In the 1920s, the young J. R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature.