This is a book taking you from Dover to Douala, Islington to Islamabad, via Brazzaville, Brighton and Bangkok – possibly ending in Antananarivo. It is a mosaic, mixing love, half-baked philosophy, history, diplomacy, landscapes and cityscapes with little discernment. You will meet famous, infamous and, best of all, completely ordinary, unknown people. It is judgemental, prejudiced and struggles against egotism – in short, a man’s life.