Brief Description
An exciting, witty, highly-entertaining memoir of investment banker turned adventurer Miles Morland--from the stock markets of London and New York, to the backstreets of Baghdad, and everywhere in between
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Miles Morland is an adventurer. He was born in India to a naval father and a dangerously glamorous mother. When his parents divorced, Miles followed his mother to Tehran, which they had to leave in a hurry, and on to Baghdad, which they also had to leave in a hurry after the 1958 revolution. His early years were filled with desert journeys, riots, perilous near-misses, and adventures worthy of Kipling, after which he was sent to England for a "proper" education.
Later, following years of shouting down a Wall Street telephone, Miles quit his job, bought a giant motorcycle and set off to discover things in places others did not want to go. Deported at gunpoint from Romania, saved from assassination in Ethiopia by a lucky plane crash, riding an Enfield Bullet through Ooty and following Che over the Andes--Miles has a knack of finding trouble.
Brilliantly observed and told with unique humor, Cobra in the Bath will have you crying with laughter and scared out of your wits.
Review Quotes
1.
"Better than Peter Mayle . . . extremely funny." --"The Financial Times"
"A humorous and effervescent memoir of reflection, revitalization, and good wine." --"The San Francisco Chronicle"
"Hugely enjoyable." --"The Sunday Express on THE MAN WHO BROKE OUT OF THE BANK"
2.
Better than Peter Mayle . . . extremely funny. "The Financial Times"
A humorous and effervescent memoir of reflection, revitalization, and good wine. "The San Francisco Chronicle"
"Morland's first book, "The Man Who Broke Out of The Bank And Went For A Walk In France," saw him chucking his investment-bank job and finding new priorities, now his autobiography shares a series of exotic near-death adventures as well as a second career investing in Africa." "GQ"
"[Morland] is a free spirit and an adventurer, with an apparently limitless appetite for experience . . . This is a delightful book, sunny, non-judgemental and as cheering as a long lunch in good company on a warm summer's day." "Daily Mail"
"[Morland] has a fund of good stories, and tells them well." "Daily Telegraph"
"A witty memoir . . . Living his far from conventional life on his own terms, Moreland has something for everyone. His narrative picks up a level of thrill through his visits to Communist Hungary in the late 1989 to his new found love of motor-cycling in his late 40s. More poignant are the accounts of the last rites of one of his daughters who tragically committed suicide. Moreland has written another bestseller." "Lifestyle"
Hugely enjoyable. "The Sunday Express on THE MAN WHO BROKE OUT OF THE BANK""
3.
Better than Peter Mayle . . . extremely funny. The Financial Times
A humorous and effervescent memoir of reflection, revitalization, and good wine. The San Francisco Chronicle
"Morland's first book, The Man Who Broke Out of The Bank And Went For A Walk In France, saw him chucking his investment-bank job and finding new priorities, now his autobiography shares a series of exotic near-death adventures as well as a second career investing in Africa." GQ
"[Morland] is a free spirit and an adventurer, with an apparently limitless appetite for experience . . . This is a delightful book, sunny, non-judgemental and as cheering as a long lunch in good company on a warm summer's day." Daily Mail
"[Morland] has a fund of good stories, and tells them well." Daily Telegraph
"A witty memoir . . . Living his far from conventional life on his own terms, Moreland has something for everyone. His narrative picks up a level of thrill through his visits to Communist Hungary in the late 1989 to his new found love of motor-cycling in his late 40s. More poignant are the accounts of the last rites of one of his daughters who tragically committed suicide. Moreland has written another bestseller." Lifestyle
Hugely enjoyable. The Sunday Express on THE MAN WHO BROKE OUT OF THE BANK
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