Dastgah: Diary of a Headtrip

Mark Mordue

Allen & Unwin, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 329 pages

Australian award-winning journalist Mark Mordue invites you on his world trip that ranges from a Rolling Stones concert in Istanbul to talking with mullahs and junkies in Tehran, and from a cricket match in Calcutta to an S&M bar in New York, in addition to many points in More...between. Mordue chronicles his year-long global journey with his girlfriend, Lisa Nicol, exploring countries most Americans never see as well as issues of world citizenship in the 21st century. Written in the tradition of literary journalism, Dastgah will take you to all kinds of places, across the world . . . and inside yourself.

About the author

MARK MORDUE is an Australian writer, journalist and editor. He has been published in Interview, Madison, Speak and Salon in the USA, and Purple in France. At home in Australia his work has appeared in Rolling Stone, HQ, Vogue, The Australian, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, GQ, The Bulletin and HEAT. He was the founding editor of Australian Style (1992-97). He is the winner of a 1992 Human Rights Media Award and is currently Asialink 2001 writer-in-residence at Beijing University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Dastgah: Diary of a Headtrip
• Author: Mark Mordue
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 2001
• ISBN: 186508414X, 9781865084145
• Length: 329 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Travel / Essays & Travelogues; Travel / General