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Dark Star Safari Paul Theroux

Dark Star Safari By Paul Theroux

Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux


$26.49
Condition - Very Good
9 in stock

Summary

Here, Theroux travels from Cairo to Cape Town by train, boat and cattle truck, passing some of the most beautiful - and life-thereatening - landscapes on earth. This is in part a sentimental journey, as Theroux first travelled in Africa almost 40 years ago, as a teacher in the Malawi bush.

Dark Star Safari Summary

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux

Safari in Swahili means a journey, typically a long one. In Dark Star Safari, Theroux's itinerary is African, from Cairo to Cape Town - down the Nile, through Sudan and Ethiopia, to Kenya, Uganda and beyond to South Africa. Journeying by train, boat and cattle truck, he passes through some of the most beautiful - and often life-threatening - landscapes on earth. This is travel as discovery, but it is in part a sentimental journey. Almost 40 years ago, Theroux first travelled in Africa as a teacher in the Malawi bush. Now he stops at his old school, sees former students and revisits his African friends. Seeing first-hand what has happened in Africa in those four decades of independence, Theroux is obsessively curious and wittily observant.

About Paul Theroux

Paul Theroux's travel books include THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR, THE PILLARS OF HERCULES and, most recently, FRESH-AIR FIEND. His latest novel, HOTEL HONOLULU, was published in paperback in May 2002.

Additional information

GOR001277658
9780241140482
024114048X
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Penguin Books Ltd
20021031
512
Short-listed for Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 2003
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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