The Bone Man of Benares

the long version

"In 1971, America was a country divided. With a feeling of alienation, Terry Tarnoff packed a rucksack and headed for the far reaches of the globe. For eight years he traveled, battling fist-sized cockroaches in Kenya, smoking a chillum with lepers in India, and hurtling through poppy fields in Thailand with a kamikaze cabdriver. His quixotic drive to find meaning in his life led him deep into the world unlike any he had ever known." "The Bone Man of Benares is a cross-cultural discovery that traverses the chasm of time, speaking to readers young and old about the universal need for connection."--BOOK JACKET.