Kathmandu

Kathmandu is the greatest city of the Himalayas, a unique survival of cultural practices that died out in India 1000 years ago. It is a carnival of sexual licence and hypocrisy, a jewel of world art, a hotbed of communist revolution, a paradigm of failed democracy, a case study in bungled Western intervention and an environmental catastrophe. Kathmandu follows the author’s story over a decade in the city and unravels the city’s history through successive reinventions of itself. Erudite, entertaining and accessible, this is the distinctive chronicle of a fascinating city.

‘A portrait of Kathmandu like no other’ –William Dalrymple

‘A genuine must-read for any visitor to the city, to Nepal, or indeed to the sub-continent’ –Jason Burke, Guardian

 ‘The sheer breadth of the subject matter ‘Dhomas Bell covers in luis book and the clear affection with lilch he writes about the city-.. [make this] a remarkable tribute to one of the most entrancing and rapidly evolving capitals of the world.’ –Times Literary Supplement