Isherwood's congenial account of travels through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina in 1947 with photographer (and boyfriend) Bill Caskey. The six-month journey included Machu Pichu and Cuzco. With 40 black-and-white photographs. Admittedley not one of his major works (he had a contract to write a travel book), The Condor and Cows nonetheless displays Isherwood's wonderful prose style and way with the offhand remark.  (SAM64, $17.95)

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