Blood River
A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
«A remarkable, fascinating book by a courageous and perceptive writer. One of the most exciting books to emerge from Africa in recent years»
Alexander McCall Smith
A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist's daring and adventurous journey. Les mer
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A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist's daring and adventurous journey.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Vintage
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 384
- ISBN
- 9780099494287
- Utgivelsesår
- 2008
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
- Priser
- Short-listed for Dolman Best Travel Book of the Year Award 2008 and Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2008.
Anmeldelser
«A remarkable, fascinating book by a courageous and perceptive writer. One of the most exciting books to emerge from Africa in recent years»
Alexander McCall Smith
«An intrepid adventure. In making and describing this journey, Tim Butcher has followed in the footsteps of Stanley and Conrad. It takes a lot of guts to yomp through the Congo and he obviously has plenty of those. But it is the wit and passion of the writing which keeps you engrossed»
Giles Foden
«This is a terrific book, an adventure story about a journey of great bravery in one of the world's most dangerous places. It keeps the heart beating and the attention fixed from beginning to end»
Fergal Keane
«A masterpiece»
John le Carre
«Tim Butcher deserves a medal for this crazy feat. I marvel at his courage and his empathy»
Thomas Pakenham