A teenage boy runs away from military service in Germany to become a hippie. In 'Swinging London' Indian sitar music seems to be an interesting option in his quest for self-exploration. What starts out as a fun trip into an exotic universe soon turns into a forbidding maelstrom of ecstasy and obsession, of exploitation and abandon, of bliss and despair. In London and Bombay of the late 60s and early 70s dangerous and wondrous encounters unfold. Scenes of folly, cunning and deceit are inescapably interwoven - right up to the final act. 'A modern fairytale that doesn t exhaust itself in a simple moral but leads the reader through amazing ups and downs and, by the way, comes up with some of the most beautiful descriptions of Indian music that I have ever read. A book that is salutary, thrilling, and funny' Peter Pannke RBB Culture Radio Berlin Skryť popis