Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux
	List Price:   $15.95 Unit Price:   $12.76 You Save:   $3.19 (20%) ISBN-10:   0618446877 ISBN-13:   9780618446872 Publisher:   Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Mariner Books Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   April 2004 Pages:   496 Format:   Paperback
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AFRICA_DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL
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'In Dark Star Safari the wittily observant and endearingly irascible Paul Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry, and train. In the course of his epic and enlightening journey, he endures danger, delay, and dismaying circumstances.' 'Gauging the state of affairs, he talks to Africans, aid workers, missionaries, and tourists. What results is an insightful mediation on the history, politics, and beauty of Africa and its people.' 'In a new postscript, Theroux recounts the dramatic events of a return to Africa to visit Zimbabwe.'--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Paul Theroux is the internationally acclaimed author of such travel books as The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, Sunrise with Seamonsters, and The Kingdom by the Sea. His many novels include Hotel Honolulu and The Mosquito Coast. Theroux lives in Hawaii and on Cape Cod. In his first new travel book in eight years, the endearingly irascible Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry and train.