![]() ![]() Murphy embarked on this journey as a 66-year-old "grannie," literally twice as old as when she and her trusty bicycle Roz undertook their first epic trip to India. Because, well, much of that is frankly true - but with good reason or indeed, several good reasons.įirst off, SHE'S OLD. And while Laos maintains much of her trademark charm and all of her reckless indestructibility, it is also different in significant ways - which largely explains why some other reviews of this book describe Murphy as cranky, preachy, angry and overly-political. ![]() I'd previously read her original (and excellent) India/Nepal trilogy - Full Tilt: Ireland to India with a Bicycle, Tibetan Foothold and The Waiting Land: A Spell in Nepal - written in the mid-1960s. But does that slow her down? Well, if you have to ask, you don't know Dervla. The title is both a clever nod to her 1983 book Eight Feet in the Andes (in which she, her 9-year-old daughter and a mule explored the length of Peru), as well as a statement of fact, since early in this story she has is involved in a traffic accident which leaves her crippled and hobbling around on one foot for the rest of her journey. The indomitable Dervla Murphy ALMOST gets dominated in this worthy later addition to her oeuvre. ![]()
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