Eye on the World

Gavin Young grew up with a thirst for travel which he spent the rest of his life satisfying, first as a journalist and then as a traveller. His superb photographs and vivid commentary are here woven together, giving us his unique eye on the world. As a war correspondent on The Observer he spent much of his time in some of the most distant and dangerous corners of the globe - from behind the lines of the Naga rebels in north-east India to a war-torn Tunisia and a shattered Vietnam, where he met a family whose tragic dignity touched him profoundly and was to haunt the rest of his career. He reminisces on happier times in the 'earthly paradise' of the Marshes of southern Iraq, with Thesiger in Kenya and on the captivating journeys he took around the world by whatever water-borne transport was available, which resulted in the two best-selling books Slow Boats to China and Slow Boats Home. Eye on the World is a splendid celebration of the life and achievements of one of our greatest travel writers.