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Tiger For Breakfast: The Story of Boris of Kathmandu
Tiger For Breakfast The Story of Boris of Kathmandu Author:Michel Peissel An astonishing biographical narrative of Boris for whom the world is his oyster. Few can have lived such a rich and varied life: whether he was hunting man-eating tigers, taking part in an anthropological expedition to Hollywood with two fabulously wealthy maharajas, or playing an important part in the coronation of a Nepalese king. From a child... more »hood spent with a wealthy family in Tsarist Russia to a career as owner of a first-class hotel in Kathmandu in the shadow of Mount Everest is a long and colorful road. It is the road taken by Boris Lissanevitch, the extraordinary central character of this book; a road that led him as a young boy into hardship and battle in the Russian Revolution; to a career as a famous dancer with Diaghilev's Ballet Russe; to Calcutta in the glittering days of the British Raj, where he helped found and manage the exclusive 300 Club, and finally to the beautiful kingdom of Nepal with its ancient civilization virtually untouched by Western life.« less