Dastgah : diary of a headtrip / Mark Mordue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mordue, Mark.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mordue, Mark--Travel.

Mordue, Mark.

Voyages around the world.

Travel.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 309 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

Portland, Or. : Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts, 2004.

Summary:

In this Australian bestseller, Mordue invites readers to journey with him from a Rolling Stones concert in Istanbul to conversations with mullahs and junkies in Tehran, as well as many points in between. Mordue chronicles his year long global trip with his girlfriend, Lisa Nicol, exploring countries many Westerners never see and addressing issues of world citizenship in the 21st century.

Contents:

INDIA: Death or Life 21

Lightning Storm Over Calcutta 23

After the Rain 26

First Ride/Blue Wallet/Day of the Dickhead 32

The Big Match 39

Nepal: Fire 43

Superstition Kills Woman 45

Roadkill 45

Fireman 57

The Angry Hand 61

The Pole 63

A Matter of Interpretation 68

Patron Saint 68

India: Take Me With You 71

Not Far From... 73

Varanasi Morning 74

Notes on a Train from Varanasi to Delhi 77

The Searchers 79

On Temple Road: the Way, the Truth, the Light 82

United Kingdom: No One is Useless 89

Electric Avenue, Brixton 91

Himbasha 92

No Stars in the Sky 95

Never Enough 103

Paris: Divine Spirit 105

The Dead 107

Green Light 117

Turkey: Old Clothes 119

Whom Do I Meet? 121

Istanbul, City of Cats 122

Revenge on Francois 122

Olympus Presleyiad 127

Town Hall One 128

Kayseri, 20 October 1998 131

Double Cross 131

Iran: Over All Vision 151

Dream 153

Waiting for a chance 154

The Car that Killed Elvis 161

Opium Poem 178

Is Terry Venables Evil? 179

Taksi God 188

Dead Flowers 189

Moses Baba and His Brother 199

Songbird (Flower of the Night) 203

Dastgah 204

Close to Us 211

Coffee in Tehran 214

Motherless Child 215

The Call 217

The Azerbaijanis 218

The Gifts 221

Paris: Help! 225

Paris is a Mist of Zeroes 227

Robbed and Crying: a Poor Man's Ballet 227

New York: Ash Sleep 235

I Get Lucky 237

Land of the Giants 238

Pissing in the Wind 245

New York Conversation 252

S & M: An American Express Story 257

Gay Talese is Hungry 259

The Chelsea Dilemma 262

Wild Girl in New York City 284

I Sat Down by Columbus and Wrote 286

On Hudson Street 289

Australia: Prayer of Touching 293

When I Wake Up 295.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-307).

ISBN:

0971691568

9780971691568

OCLC:

55738254

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