Eating the Flowers of Paradise
One Man's Journey through Ethiopia and Yemen
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Pages :
322
Pub Date :
1999
Edition(s) at Erowid :
1999(hb,vg/vg)
Publisher :
St. Martin's Press
ISBN :
0312217943
FROM THE EROWID REVIEW #
- Review by Jon, 2005 Oct 21
In Eating the Flowers of Paradise, Kevin Rushby tells the story of an epic trip—not just a tale of a literal intoxication, but of an emotional and intellectual obsession. A decade following a job teaching English in the Yemeni city of San’a, where Rushby first enjoyed qat, he decides to return to Yemen by way of Ethiopia, where the drug . . . (more)
BLURBS #
Eating the Flowers of Paradise is an account of extraordinary journeyings in a corner of the earth which remarkably enough has eluded investigation by explorers until this time. It abounds with fascinating and excting fresh material presented in a style comparable to the accepted classics of travel in Arabia and the Middle East.-- Norman Lewis
If you never chew a leaf in your life, this rollicking tale of high adventure should give you a hint of how it feels.
-- Independent on Sunday (London)
Rushby is a fearless and sociable traveller. . . . There are many amusing episodes and good jokes in this engaging book.
-- The Tablet (United Kingdom)
Pure joy from beginning to end.
-- Wanderlust (United Kingdom)