Tommy Granite

'Before the summer, if it didn't have goal posts, it wasn't worth looking at. He didn't seem to think that way any more.' Along with a fascinating assortment of characterful travellers Tommy and his mother are on the final leg of an overland adventure holiday, London to Kathmandu, during which he's undergone a transformation from kid to man-of-the-world. Vivid and convincing travelogue punctuates various memorable encounters, with a slightly gratuitous dollop of bodily functions and titillation. Older readers only, to avoid parental discontent.