One of the most epic treks of the human race...It must be read - and re-read. (Sebastian Junger)An heroic tale desperately live and compellingly told, Rawicz carries us with each weakening step, sustained by his simple undying vision of the liberty that lies beyond the cruel emptiness of Siberia and the sterile gravles of the Gobi. The Long Walk is an odyssey through the wastelands of Asia and the vastness of the soul - a classic of triumph over despair, of beauty found in the Void. (Benedict Allen)Positively Homeric. (Cyril Connolly, The Times)