About the Author

Garth Cartwright was born in New Zealand. He left school at 16, tried his hand at professional skateboarding, singing in punk bands, promoting concerts and even had a brief sojourn as a boxer, before turning to writing full time. In 1995 he won the Guardian Music Writing Award. He has written for the Guardian, Telegraph, Independent On Sunday, The Times, Time Out, Uncut, Folk Roots, and a multitude of international publications. He lives in London.

Reviews

?High times and hard times in the Balkans. Outrageously good.? Howard Marks ?Garth Cartwright is one wise traveller. Drifting across the Balkans he encounters those we call ?Gypsies?, a people much presumed about yet rarely understood. With empathy and wit, eyes and ears open, he describes their beautiful, defiant culture.? Benjamin Zephaniah