Strange telescopes

the long version

When Daniel Kalder descended into the sewers of Moscow in pursuit of the mythical lost city of tramps, he didn't realise that he was embarking on a bizarre, year-long odyssey that would lead him thousands of miles across Russia to the Arctic Circle via the heart of Asia. Now he has returned, mad-eyed and bearded to tell the tale. Salvation and damnation, humour and pathos - keen and caustic observations collide as Kalder guides us through alternative realities, rebels and opportunists, further expanding the possibilities of the travel memoir with this unique account of a modern-day quest that reveals the astonishing lengths people will go to when they view the world through a 'strange telescope'.