Publisher's Synopsis
Jason Goodwin's account of his journey on foot through Eastern Europe - from the dykes and marshes of Poland's Baltic coast, across to the Golden Horn and Istanbul - is the story of a walk with two friends through some of the most beautiful, and tragic, places in the world. He tells of encounters with a varied and vivid cast of characters, from bibulous Polish farmers to seedy Romanian spivs, and from embittered Hungarians in Transylvania to inhabitants of Ceaucescu's infamous orphanages.;Goodwin is the author of "The Gunpowder Gardens", which was shortlisted for the Thomas Cook Award.
