a blue hand: the tragicomic, mind-altering odyssey of allen ginsberg, a holy fool, a rebel muse, a dharma bum, and his prickly b

A literary exploration of the Beats' encounter with India in the 1960s follows the journey of Allen Ginsberg and his companions through the ashrams of the Himalayan foothills, to the Delhi opium dens, to the pyres of Benares, where they witnessed regional spirituality and unrest while searching for the elusive Hope Savage. Rreprint.