All Kinds of Magic: One Man’s Search for Meaning Across the Modern World

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A personal search for the mystical and miraculous, from the acclaimed author of Honey and Dust

‘So sincere and carefully told that the result cannot help but move’ Financial Times

‘Terrific … Unpretentious, often funny, but also powerfully expressive of experiences beyond language and reason, it’s a book which rises to the challenge of its subject with skill and considerable grace’ Wanderlust

This is the story of a man who embarked on a quest that many of us have dreamed about. Disillusioned by a world hooked on material wealth and scientific fact, he decided to travel across the globe in search of something more meaningful: the magical, the mystical.

His journey takes him from snow-blanketed villages in the Himalayas to tiny, covert communities of whirling dervishes in rural Turkey; from the world’s largest religious festival on the banks of the swollen Ganges to a dappled, ancient Sufi quarter in Delhi. Lyrical and clear-sighted, All Kinds of Magic is a fascinating exploration of the hidden world of miracles that is at once deeply personal and universal in its scope.

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