India may be one of the most written-about places on Earth, but rarely like this. Journey with a young reporter fleeing Saskatchewan for the subcontinent as he combines two of the most enduring qualities of journalism: a sincere, carefully detailed study of a subject—in this case, India—and a penchant for alcohol (to say nothing of sex, drugs and rock ʻnʼ roll). Spanning five months and thousands of kilometres, from rat-infested rooms to expensive Scotch in five-star hotels... from smog-choked cities to an empty island paradise... from a Hindi speaking role in Bollywood to drug-induced hallucinations on a rooftop... from the slums of Mumbai to the meeting place of three seas and up to the Himalayas, this is India as seen through the eyes of an itinerant, itchy-footed journalist who just wanted to get out of Moose Jaw.