
I struggle with Dervla Murphy* but I love the places she visited decades ago. In The Waiting Land, it’s Nepal, primarily the Tibetan Refugee Camp in Pokhara and the capital, Kathmandu, in 1965.
* in this case: “Tiblets”, “Tibland” and thinking she’s better than most other westerners in Nepal.
AboBooks page: The Waiting Land: A Spell in Nepal – Dervla Murphy