Fakirs Feluccas And Femmes Fatales Tales From An Incidental Traveller

"E.T. Laing's career has thrown him into some of the world's most colourful corners. During the long course of his travels to work in 70 countries, he's witnessed a Communist Party boss lose a chilli-eating contest in China; confronted a gaggle of drunken soldiers who threw his passport into a ditch in Nigeria; been kissed again and again in front of a cheering crowd by a tiny babushka [grandmother] at a market stall in Russia; and faced the displeasure of a despotic ruler in the Middle East. From the funny to the downright terrifying, Laing's tales touch the extremes of poverty and wealth, of beauty and brutality. ..."--Back cover.