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The gap year classic, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time in the year of its 20th anniversary.

A devastatingly funny satire on the whole idea of student travel,and particularly the India back-pack trail. Dave travels to India with Liz because he thinks he might be able to get her into bed. Liz travels to India with Dave because she wants a companion for her voyage of spiritual discovery. She loves it. He dreams of frosty mornings, pints of lager and restaurants where vegetable curry is only a side-dish . . .

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Nobody is spared from [Sutcliffe´s] acid pen and the result is a riotously funny trip across the sub-continent The Sunday Times

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Sutcliffe, William
William Sutcliffe was born in London in 1971, and was educated at Cambridge. He is the author of five novels for adults, and two young adult novels. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife and three children.

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