Dragon Bones : Two Years Beneath the Skin of a Himalayan Kingdom (Paperback)

from Oberon

Dragon Bones is promoted as being a look at the reality of life of "secretive" Bhutan. Unfortunately, the book never really delivers on the promise of its marketing. The author, Murray Gann, goes to Bhutan with his wife, a French NGO employee. The book, which is written as a series of loosely con...

from crimson-tide

I really wanted to like this book as Bhutan is such a fascinating country, but found it instead to be frustrating and at times downright annoying. Right from the first page I thought 'Oh oh' . . . anyone who hasn't learned to say 'I do' in French after three years living in Brussels and ten month...

from weeksj10

Some of it was good some of it wasn't. I didn't like the fragmented way that it was written, it was almost like the author remembered small details and was making up little stories to show the reader each of the detail, but they didn't add up to a cohesive story. I think that if you are looking f...

from ktmc

Murray Gunn's account of his two years in Bhutan is engaging but ultimately lacks depth. Gunn moves to Bhutan to be with his new French wife and the book covers his experiences of working and travelling in Bhutan. At the same time, its an account of his marriage. I think this may be where my diff...

from Georgia1

A lovely book, if a little disjointed in places, about a place I knew very little about.