Indian Action : An American Journey to the Great Fair of the East

An unusually compelling book, the record, at once comic and frightening, of a consciousness of the sixties as it tries to confront the ancient turbulence and terror of a great religious festival in India. Mitchner’s writing makes a claim on us which we willingly give only to very distinguished literary performances.
–Richard Poirier

In the literature of the road this unusual memoir deserves to rank high. A virtuoso celebration in dancing language of a hypnotically rich experience.
–Publisher’s Weekly

A hippy commedia dell’arte. . . .Hitchhiking adventures that will ring true to any traveler and even amuse the sedentary.
–New York Times Book Review

More than a travel book. . .should be read as one would read Tom Wolfe’s account of Kesey and the Merry Pranksters. . . .Mitchner’s style is an extravagant blending of the real with the fantastic.
–Baltimore Sun

A Huck Finn pilgrimmage. . .the skits and sketches of these pre-Easy Riders are engaging. . .moving and funny.
–Robert Kirsh, L.A. Times

A remarkable journey, peopled with unforgettable characters and suffused with a heady literary exoticism. It’s Kerouac’s ON THE ROAD abroad and shares that book’s zest, wonder, and downright hairiness!
–Library Journal

A Drug Generation ON THE ROAD. . .INDIAN ACTION is a rollicking, often frightening trip to a modern, psychedelic heart of darkness.
–Baton Rouge Sunday Advocate