9 Months in Tibet Gustaaf Peek Louise's life is profoundly shaped

Louise's life is profoundly shaped by her forceful matriarchal grandmother and by her schooling

in a world that contains no angels in bright raiment

he is forced to reconsider his perceptions of himself and his native Guyana

and the GSAL Speak Up Slam 2012

and lives in Brecon

9 Months in Tibet Gustaaf Peek Louise's life is profoundly shapedA fascinating and thoroughly engrossing tale Alexander McCall Smith 9 Months in Tibet is about overcoming the fear of travelling alone, getting a job in Lhasa, riding a horse through Eastern Tibet, falling in love with Italian women, witnessing a violent protest between Buddhist monks and the Chinese police and getting expelled from the country for not helping the police with their enquiries.