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Title: Incident at Lukla
Author: David Padwa
Narrator: David Padwa
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-04-14
Publisher: Hapax Press
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
This fast-paced novel of the Himalayas imparts a gripping sense of place and offers an intricate espionage story with an unforgettable cast of characters and settings. The droll humor of a madcap plot delivers dramatic counterpoints of political intrigue, sexual ambition, and mystical meditation practice where everything is linked. The narrative action from a region mostly explored by scholars and academics provides enlightening details of Tibetan Buddhism and mountaineering, leading to an amazing chase scene across the worlds highest mountains.
Members Reviews:
This was a lot of fun to read - read it out loud to my ...
The other reviews say it well. This was a lot of fun to read - read it out loud to my wife while she made dinners - and we probably ate out less because of that. Great story, realistic and knowledgeable Buddhism, sympathetic and non judgmental treatment of all sides political, religious, national - people with polarized and conflicting attitudes. Very good treatment of women and men and sex and what they're thinking. I'm so sick of violent, rushed, supposedly steamy sex scenes. Padwa brings a lifetime of involvement in Buddhism, mountain climbing, science, business and a great deal more together in an enjoyable non didactic story that took me places I'd only go in a book. Glad I went there.
A very enjoyable read!
All four story lines that converge towards the end at Lukla are so interesting and unique. Quirky and fun!
Not the greatest mystery writing or story
Not the greatest mystery writing or story, but a great book for reading while trekking in the Everest region -- since that's where the story is set. Taken along with a trekking group, everyone will read it in turn.
High-order fun.
A page-turner packed with Asiatic arcana. High-order fun.
Pynchon meets Tom Robbins at 23,000 feet in the Himalaya
David Padwa's Incident at Lukla is a labyrinthine, Pynchon-like tale of espionage that unravels high in Nepal's Himalaya. An elaborate but fragile drug and weapons trafficking infrastructure has grown up around the collection, transport, and sale of a rare alpine mushroom, Cordyceps sinensis, with an unusual life cycle and highly sought after medicinal properties. Against this backdrop our cast of characters is set: two CIA officers, a peacecorps volunteer, a Nepali mountaineer, a Lama, a Maoist guerilla commander, a colonel in the Chinese Border Forces, and a Chinese general. There is a richness to the novel that is derived in part from the wry humor of a crazy plot in which everyone and everything are linked, and in part from Padwa's ability to move fluidly between swashbuckling action and thick description. It's all there in compelling detail: the cultural and spiritual history of Buddhism and allusions to the American obsession with it, hints at a science of consciousness and spirituality, the history of relations among Nepal, China and India, Nepali social customs and Sherpa culture, the geology and ecology of alpine environments, moutaineering basics, and an amazing chase scene at 23,000 feet. A great read at basecamp or anywhere.
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Title: Incident at Lukla
Author: David Padwa
Narrator: David Padwa
Format: Unabridged
Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-04-14
Publisher: Hapax Press
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
This fast-paced novel of the Himalayas imparts a gripping sense of place and offers an intricate espionage story with an unforgettable cast of characters and settings. The droll humor of a madcap plot delivers dramatic counterpoints of political intrigue, sexual ambition, and mystical meditation practice where everything is linked. The narrative action from a region mostly explored by scholars and academics provides enlightening details of Tibetan Buddhism and mountaineering, leading to an amazing chase scene across the worlds highest mountains.
Members Reviews:
This was a lot of fun to read - read it out loud to my ...
The other reviews say it well. This was a lot of fun to read - read it out loud to my wife while she made dinners - and we probably ate out less because of that. Great story, realistic and knowledgeable Buddhism, sympathetic and non judgmental treatment of all sides political, religious, national - people with polarized and conflicting attitudes. Very good treatment of women and men and sex and what they're thinking. I'm so sick of violent, rushed, supposedly steamy sex scenes. Padwa brings a lifetime of involvement in Buddhism, mountain climbing, science, business and a great deal more together in an enjoyable non didactic story that took me places I'd only go in a book. Glad I went there.
A very enjoyable read!
All four story lines that converge towards the end at Lukla are so interesting and unique. Quirky and fun!
Not the greatest mystery writing or story
Not the greatest mystery writing or story, but a great book for reading while trekking in the Everest region -- since that's where the story is set. Taken along with a trekking group, everyone will read it in turn.
High-order fun.
A page-turner packed with Asiatic arcana. High-order fun.
Pynchon meets Tom Robbins at 23,000 feet in the Himalaya
David Padwa's Incident at Lukla is a labyrinthine, Pynchon-like tale of espionage that unravels high in Nepal's Himalaya. An elaborate but fragile drug and weapons trafficking infrastructure has grown up around the collection, transport, and sale of a rare alpine mushroom, Cordyceps sinensis, with an unusual life cycle and highly sought after medicinal properties. Against this backdrop our cast of characters is set: two CIA officers, a peacecorps volunteer, a Nepali mountaineer, a Lama, a Maoist guerilla commander, a colonel in the Chinese Border Forces, and a Chinese general. There is a richness to the novel that is derived in part from the wry humor of a crazy plot in which everyone and everything are linked, and in part from Padwa's ability to move fluidly between swashbuckling action and thick description. It's all there in compelling detail: the cultural and spiritual history of Buddhism and allusions to the American obsession with it, hints at a science of consciousness and spirituality, the history of relations among Nepal, China and India, Nepali social customs and Sherpa culture, the geology and ecology of alpine environments, moutaineering basics, and an amazing chase scene at 23,000 feet. A great read at basecamp or anywhere.