Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #169746 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

Synopsis
This is a part graphic novel, part travelogue, part tongue-in-cheek travel guide, written by the caustic cartoonist, Rall, who has travelled to the wild and wooly Central Asian countries. This volume combines articles with comic chapters relating Ted Rall's experiences retracing the old legendary Silk Road, starting with the sublime history of China and ending in the absurdity of the petty dictatorships of "The Stans" where Rall had the temerity - or was it blustery stupidity?- to go back, including once with a group of listeners to his radio show, on a dare. This story is an exotic adventure, satire and a fun way to find out more about the world that looms in importance with its immense reserves of oil.