RETURN TO SENDER (Signed By Author) Hardcover - 1975

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: San Francisco Book Company/ Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing. Hardback with Dust Jacket, First Edition, blue cloth with gilt lettering, signed on front end page to fellow traveler in Carmel 1981 with a drawing of fish and water under incription, Book condition is fine. Has slant to spine otherwise like new. Dust Jacket is in very good plus condition, has light edge wear, a light crease on top of hinge of front cover...........*We have other titles in this genre in stock and give discounts in shipping on additional books sent in the same package, please contact us for more info.**.......WRAPPED IN A PLASTIC BAG TO PROTECT CONDITION OF BOOK........Summary - "The inscrutable Orient becomes demystified when Raymond Mungo, the eloquent young activist of th e1960s, leaves American in 1971 to find what he self-mockingly calls 'the secret of the universe. . . . ungo wanders the face of the planet with light knapsack and little cash, debunking stereotypes all the way. As his many followers will expect, Mungo's quest uncovers strata of cultures few tourists ever see . . . His style is deceptively light, for beneath this unconventional travel guide and entertaining adventure story, there are deep and penetrating insights into the American psyche and its attraction/repulsion to Eastern traditions and lifestyles . . . Mungo has a true writer's eye for character and detail, and a true writer's sense of drama, irony, confession and rhythm.....