The next best thing to going to Africa is to read (compulsively) this account by Paul Theroux of his overland expedition from Cairo to Capetown. (A) Entertainment WeeklyĪrmchair travelers will wish the book went on twice as long - and that is something, considering that the book runs more than 400 pages. The sometime novelist is at his most masterful with DARK STAR SAFARI. Reading Theroux may make you cancel your plane tickets and settle in at home instead for a great read. But listening to him recount his adventures. Theroux, one suspects, could be a headache to travel with resourceful, courageous and indefatigable, as well as crusty, opinionated and contradictory. 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. Engagingly written, sharply observed another winner from Theroux.
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