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Dial and Talk Foreign at Once

Dial and Talk Foreign at Once
  • Author(s): Frank Kusy
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Humour, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1980s

The clock is ticking. Can Frank cover India for a travel guide in 66 days? Or will he crash and burn? When Frank Kusy is challenged by his publisher to research a book on India in just 66 days,...

Kevin and I in India

Kevin and I in India
  • Author(s): Frank Kusy
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Humour, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1980s

Acclaimed as one of the funniest and most true-to-life books ever written about India, this ‘diary of disaster’ became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1986, and remains a firm favourite with readers today. When Frank and Kevin first...

Off the Beaten Track: My Crazy Year in Asia

Off the Beaten Track: My Crazy Year in Asia
  • Author(s): Frank Kusy
  • Location(s): India, Australia, London, Thailand
  • Genre(s): Travelogue, Humour
  • Era(s): 1980s

One man. Four continents. And a love-crazed travel writer going off the beaten track… In 1989, Frank Kusy found himself the unwilling love pawn of a booted and bodiced Boadicea on a Harley low rider. Then he fell in...

Rupee Millionaires

Rupee Millionaires
  • Author(s): Frank Kusy
  • Location(s): India, London
  • Genre(s): Humour, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1990s

When Frank teams up with Spud, he thinks he’s got it made. But what he’s made is a deal with the Devil. ‘Dodgy’ Frank Kusy, born into poverty from immigrant parents, learns to live on his wits––first as an...

Too Young to be Old: From Clapham to Kathmandu

Too Young to be Old: From Clapham to Kathmandu
  • Author(s): Frank Kusy
  • Location(s): India, London
  • Genre(s): Humour, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1980s

When Frank starts working with old people, he reignites a young dream. And sets out to make it come true. As Frank Kusy turns 27 he is unexpectedly put in charge of an old people’s home in Clapham, South...

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