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Article: Paperback round-up.(In Search of the Pangolin: The Accidental Eco-Tourist by Satyajit Das and Jade Novakovic)(Narrow Dog to Carcassonne by Terry Darlington)(The Cyclades: Discovering the Greek Islands of the Aegean by John Freely)(Book review)
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"You sailed across the Channel in your little boat of the canals like a cigarette?" exclaims an amazed Frenchman in Terry Darlington's Narrow Dog to Carcassonne. Deciding to take a narrow boat from Stone in Staffordshire to Carcassonne in the south of France via the English Channel is a feat that justly deserves such wonder. Asking for pre-trip advice, Darlington is warned that insurance will be impossible to obtain and that the swell or waves from the ferries or sea catamarans could pull his in-land vessel under, taking down everyone inside it, as though trapped in a tomb.
However, it isn't just the adventure that makes Darlington's book a thoroughly enjoyable read. Like ...
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