Tom Vater's non-fiction book on the source of the Ganges, India's holiest river, is published by Wiesenburg Verlag (Germany) in March 2008.
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In Heiligen Höhen - Unterwegs zur Wiege des Ganges
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Tom Vater's non-fiction book on the source of the Ganges, India's holiest river, is published by Wiesenburg Verlag (Germany) in March 2008. Buy this title |
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The Devil's Road To Kathmandu - Novel
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The Devil's Road to Kathmandu is a better backpacker's book than Alex Garland's The Beach.'
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...harrowing, darkly humourous ... journalist Vater brings to the realm of fiction his trademark vision of a world where deserving has little to do with what you get. A gripping and clever tale of sex, crime, love, narcotics and greed, though not necessarily in that order.' Cameron Cooper - Untamed Travel |
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Tom Vater's first novel, 'The Devil's Road To Kathmandu', is published in Hong Kong with Dragon's Mouth Press in 2006. |
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Beyond the Pancake Trench - Road Tales from the Wild East - Non Fiction
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A collection of stories from the margins of South and Southeast Asia, published by Orchid Press (HK/Bkk) in 2004. Book Of The Week/The South China Morning Post.
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'Vater's observations on the human condition, as he experiences it firsthand
along the less tourist-beaten paths of South and Southeast Asia, result in a
no-holds-barred account of life in the region, distinctly as not described in
the glossy brochures. Figuratively and at times literally far removed from the
glittering urban centers and pampering resorts - the images of Asia that occur
to most -- the author presents a keen-eyed vision of the region's underbelly.
Vater observes and records the stories of the hunters and their prey, the marginalized
and the mad, from among desperate locals and foreign interlopers alike. For
all who want a better understanding of the realities -- and surrealities --
of the region, but definitely not for the faint of heart.' - Orchid Press |
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Strange Attractor - Volume 1
This anthology features Tom Vater's essay Sadhus, Sannyasis, Ascetic Mendicants And Renouncers
'Strange Attractor is a journal that celebrates unpopular culture. We declare war on mediocrity and a pox on the foot soldiers of stupidity.' Published 2004. |
"One of the most weirdly beautiful, beautifully weird magazines of the past hundred-odd years. It smacks far more of the late nineteenth century than the early twenty-first, and for anyone who has so much as the mildest penchant for the odd, it is a rare delight." Kevin Jackson - Independent on Sunday For further information please visit www.strangeattractor.com |
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Travel Guides
Review (in German) Published 2006. |
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with Rainer Krack, 3rd Edition 2007 |
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Photo Books
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Other Travel Guides
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Tom Vater has contributed to a number of travel guides for Rough Guides (UK) and Reise Know-How (Germany). |
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Consultancy work for Flora and Fauna International by Tom Vater
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About Tom Vater
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Tom Vater has recently worked as a consultant for the British NGO Flora and Fauna International, researching and documenting the struggle of the indigenous hilltribe of Mondulkiri Province in Eastern Cambodia, the Bunong.