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Hindoo Holiday

By J. R. Ackerley
Introduction by Eliot Weinberger

By J. R. Ackerley
Introduction by Eliot Weinberger

By J. R. Ackerley
Introduction by Eliot Weinberger

By J. R. Ackerley
Introduction by Eliot Weinberger

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Jan 31, 2000 | ISBN 9780940322257

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Oct 31, 2012 | ISBN 9781590175248

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    About Hindoo Holiday

    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.

    About Hindoo Holiday

    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.

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    My Dog Tulip
    My Father and Myself
    See all books by J. R. Ackerley

    About J. R. Ackerley

    J. R. Ackerley (1896-1967) was for many years the literary editor of the BBC magazine The Listener. His works include three memoirs, Hindoo Holiday, My Dog Tulip, and My Father and Myself, and a novel, We Think the World of You (all available as New York… More about J. R. Ackerley

    About J. R. Ackerley

    J. R. Ackerley (1896-1967) was for many years the literary editor of the BBC magazine The Listener. His works include three memoirs, Hindoo Holiday, My Dog Tulip, and My Father and Myself, and a novel, We Think the World of You (all available as New York… More about J. R. Ackerley

    Product Details

    Category: Travel: Asia | Biography & Memoir

    Paperback | $18.95
    Published by NYRB Classics
    Jan 31, 2000 | 320 Pages | 5 x 8 | ISBN 9780940322257

    Category: Travel: Asia | Biography & Memoir

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by NYRB Classics
    Oct 31, 2012 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9781590175248

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    “One of those books of rare occurrence which stands upon a superior and totally distinct plane of artistic achievement…It is a work of high literary skill and very delicate aesthetic perception and it deals with a character and a milieu which are novel and radiantly delightful. What more, in an imperfect world, has one the right to expect?” — Evelyn Waugh
     
    “His humour is the humour of pity and love. He is an artist of the understanding.”— V.S. Pritchett

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