Library Journal Starredįew recent books provide such a litany of Africa's ills, even as they make one fall in love with the continent. No mere tale of travel mishaps.Safari is Swahili for journey, and Theroux's is truly fantastic.
His encounters with the natives, aid workers and occasional tourists make for rollicking entertainment, even as they offer a sobering look at the social and political chaos in which much of Africa finds itself.
Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.Engagingly written, sharply observed another winner from Theroux. The Mosquito Coast and Dr Slaughter have both been made into successful films.
He is the most gifted, most prodigal writer of his generation' Jonathan Raban 'Always a terrific teller of tales and conjurer of exotic locales, he writes lean prose that lopes along at a compelling pace' Sunday Times Paul Theroux's books include Dark Star Safari, Ghost Train to the Eastern Star, Riding the Iron Rooster, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Elephanta Suite, A Dead Hand, The Tao of Travel and The Lower River. Praise for Paul Theroux- 'Theroux's work remains the standard by which other travel writing must be judged' Observer 'One needs energy to keep up with the extraordinary, productive restlessness of Paul Theroux. It is Theroux in his element - a trip where chance encounter is everything, where departure and arrival times are an irrelevance, and where contentment can be found balancing on the top of a truck in the middle of nowhere. Safari in Swahili simply means journey, and this is the ultimate safari. It is a journey of discovery and of rediscovery - of the unknown and the unexpected, but also of people and places he knew as a young and optimistic teacher forty years before. Travelling across bush and desert, down rivers and across lakes, and through country after country, Theroux visits some of the most beautiful landscapes on earth, and some of the most dangerous. Dark Star Safari is Paul Theroux's now classic account of a journey from Cairo to Cape Town.
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