Letters from Gilgil 3 by Peter Massam Receives Accolades
United Kingdom, 25th Jun 2025, – Acclaimed author Peter Massam returns with Letters from Gilgil 3, the final and most introspective volume in his celebrated travel memoir trilogy. Recently honored with the BREW Seal of Excellence and the Book World Front Award, this conclusion is already being hailed as a “literary landmark in ecological and cultural nonfiction.”
“If volume one was the warm-up, and volume two the crescendo, this final entry is the exhale,” writes The Chrysalis BREW Project. “A symphony played not on instruments, but on altitude, resilience, and the red volcanic soil of Kenya’s hidden roads.”
Structured around letters written during a teaching placement in 1980s Kenya, Letters from Gilgil 3 recounts Massam’s most ambitious journeys: a starlit climb up Mount Kenya to witn...
