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An account of a six months' tour of Yugoslavia, Aldiss's only travel book was once banned in that country Every year the coast of Dalmatia is visited by more and more sun-seeking holiday makers. Magnificent as they are, the delights offered by the beaches of Dubrovnik are hardly novel: yet comparatively few tourists seek anything else. It is inland, however, that the true Yugoslavia is to be found: in this book Brian Aldiss has captured its diverse and elusive character - the product of a proverbially complex history, a rugged and magnificent terrain and a cultural heritage which combines Byzantine and Turkish, Christian and Muslim. Mr Aldiss is well known as a writer of fiction; here his talents are triumphantly extended to communicating the ambience of modern Zagreb, the aesthetic impact of a mediaeval fresco in a Serbian monastery, the beauties of Bosnia, the variety of scenic Slovenia, the harsh splendour of the Macedonian landscape, or the quality of life in Montenegro.

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'For decades, Brian Aldiss has been among our most prolific and consistently stylish writers.' THE TELEGRAPH 'Frightening, gripping... not one for the squeamish' ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS 'The best of British science fiction writers' THE SCOTSMAN 'A rattling good yarn' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Aldiss is a magician' SUNDAY TIMES

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Brian Aldiss, OBE, is a fiction and science fiction writer, poet, playwright, critic, memoirist and artist. He was born in Norfolk in 1925. After leaving the army, Aldiss worked as a bookseller, which provided the setting for his first book, The Brightfount Diaries (1955). His first published science fiction work was the story 'Criminal Record', which appeared in Science Fantasy in 1954. Since then he has written nearly 100 books and over 300 short stories.

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