To the Frontier

To the Frontier is the compelling and vivid account of Geoffrey Moorhouse''s three-month journey through Sind, Baluchistan and the Punjab to the legendary North-West frontier of Pakistan. From there he reached the closed Khyber Pass and the border with Afghanistan which he was - uniquely - permitted to cross, and scaled the highest peaks of the Hindu Kush. Moorhouse''s evocation of a beautiful, turbulent and little-known region is masterly and unforgettable.

''It was high time someone put Pakistan on the travel bookshelf, and this is what Geoffrey Moorhouse has done - with style, relish, much wit and enormous good humour ... No one has better captured the scenic contrasts of this diverse country.'' Sunday Telegraph