First published in 1991, Gavin Young's hugely acclaimed In Search
of Conrad was joint winner of the 1992 Thomas Cook Travel Book
Award. 'Part-mariner's log and part-detective story, [In Search of
Conrad] brilliantly evokes the Far Eastern landscapes fixed forever
in our imaginations by Conrad's novels. But above all Young makes
us realize that the world Conrad described nearly a century ago is
still there ... the most pleasurable and exciting book I have read
this year.' J. G. Ballard, Daily Telegraph 'Young's passion for
Conrad and his stories blazes from every porthole.' John Carey,
Sunday Times 'Young has an eye for atmosphere; he is marvellous on
Singapore as her past impinges on the present, myriad streets
stalked by ghosts from the nineteenth century ... In Search of
Conrad is both scholarly and enthralling - always vivid, and often
a hoot to read ... better still it may set you to reading Conrad
again.' Independent 'Gavin Young has managed to write something
rare in recent literature - a happy book about the Third World
which also has the ring of truth.' Jonathan Raban, Independent on
Sunday
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