About the Book: Under Something Of A Cloud The Best Travel Writing Of Dom Moraes
Under Something of a Cloud spans a lifetime of Dom Moraes autobiographical
writing and journalism. Featured in this volume is a vividly recollected
childhood tour of Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia and Australia with his father, Frank
Moraes, and his mother, Beryl, who was then rapidly sliding into madness; darkly
comic account of a trip to the Sikkim-Tibet border, amidst rumours that the
Chinese would soon attack India; and a thrilling adventure among Dani tribe in
Indonesia who were rumoured to be cannibals. Also included here are Moraes
encounters with dacoits in