High Caucasus by Tom Parfitt travel But behind the wit lurks

But behind the wit lurks real anger

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I hope it will have its own coherence as a series of memories and similes laid side by side: an antiphonal account of man in his world

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High Caucasus by Tom Parfitt travel But behind the wit lurksThis is a travel book for our time, one that seeks fragments of hope among shards of war. Thoughtful, uplifting and hugely enjoyable' Sara Wheeler, author of Terra IncognitaA breath taking memoir of Tom Parfitt's remarkable 1,000 mile walk through Russia's Caucasus region in search of solace and understanding after witnessing the Beslan school siege. On 1 September 2004, Chechen and Ingush militants took more than a thousand people captive at a school