Product Description

The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that homeland to Borat - and he isn't even real. Actually this vast place - the last unknown inhabited country in the world - is far more surprising and entertaining. For one thing, it is as varied as Europe, combining stupendous wealth, grinding poverty, exotic traditions and a mad dash for modernity. Crisscrossing a vanished land, Christopher Robbins finds Eminem by a shrinking Aral Sea, goes eagle-hunting, visits the scene of Dostoyevsky's doomed first love, takes up residence beside one-time neighbour Leon Trotsky and visits some of the most beautiful, unspoilt places on earth.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #298807 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 296 pages

Review
"Magnificent... a consummate and classic portrait of one of the great picaresque personalities of the twentieth century" Simon Callow, Guardian "A complete delight" William Boyd, Daily Telegraph "Hilarious and unexpectedly moving" The Times"

Daily Telegraph
'extremely entertaining and informative...hilarious.'

The News of the World
`Cracking tale...both hysterically funny and surprisingly
moving...you will savour every page.'