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Are You Experienced?

by William Sutcliffe · 1997

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A hilarious novel of a young man's misadventures in India—from a fresh new voice

Liz travels to India because she wants to find herself. Dave travels to India because he wants to get Liz into bed.

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Liz loves India, hugs the beggars, and is well on her way to finding her tantric center. Dave, however, realizes he hates Liz, and has bad karma toward his fellow travelers: Jeremy, whose spiritual journey is aided by checks from Dad; Jonah, who hasn't worn shoes for a decade; and Fee and Caz, fresh from leper-washing in Udaipur...

With refreshing honesty and a healthy dose of cynicism, William Sutcliffe offers a transatlantic, nineties version of On the Roadthat all readers will enjoy.

Genre
humorhumorMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
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Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisIndiaIndiaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
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Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 256 pages

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