Ebook {Epub PDF} Hindoo Holiday: An Indian Journal by J.R. Ackerley

'Radiantly delightful' Evelyn Waugh This highly entertaining and moving journal chronicles J.R. Ackerley's five-month stay as the Private Secretary to the Maharajah of Chhokrapur/5(4). In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature Read Full OverviewCited by: 4. Hindoo holiday: an Indian journal (Book, ) [www.doorway.ru] Your list has reached the maximum number of items. Please create a new list with a new name; move some items to a new or existing list; or delete some items. Your request to send this item has been completed.

j.r. ackerley - hindoo holiday an indian journal - second printing Starting with the BBC the year after its founding in , he was promoted to literary editor of The Listener, its weekly magazine, where he served for more than two decades. At the heart of Hindoo Holiday is the wonderfully unpredictable figure of his Highness the Maharajah Sahib who, ultimately, just wants 'someone to love him'. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN: Number of pages: Weight: g. Dimensions: x x 17 mm. Authors. J. R. Ackerley. Visit the J. R. Ackerley author page. Hindoo holiday: an Indian journal Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Hindoo holiday: an Indian journal by Ackerley, J.R. Publication date Topics Religion:Theology, Religions of the Indian subcontinent, Hinduism narrowly, MinistryOfCulture Publisher Chatto and Windus, London Collection.

Hindoo holiday: an Indian journal. [J R Ackerley; Eliot Weinberger] -- In the s, the young J.R. Ackerley spent several months in India as the personal secretary to the maharajah of a small Indian principality. In his journals, Ackerley recorded the Maharajah's fantastically eccentric habits and riddling conversations, and the odd shambling day-to-day life of his court. Hindoo Holiday is an intimate and very funny account of an exceedingly strange place, and one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century travel literature. 'Radiantly delightful' Evelyn Waugh This highly entertaining and moving journal chronicles J.R. Ackerley's five-month stay as the Private Secretary to the Maharajah of Chhokrapur.