About the Author

Kevin Rushby has lived and worked in Sudan, Malaysia, Thailand, and Yemen. He is the author of Eating the Flowers of Paradise: A Journey through the Drug Fields of Ethiopia and Yemen, Chasing the Mountain of Light: Across India on the Trail of the Koh-I-Noor Diamond, and Hunting Pirate Heaven: In Search of the Lost Pirate Utopias of the Indian Ocean. He lives in York, England.

Reviews

"A remarkable book--part biography, part detective story, part social history, but all wrapped up in the palatable form of a readable and at times rather profound travel book." --William Dalrymple, Sunday Times (London)