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Dark Star Safari overland from Cairo to Cape Town

Dark Star Safari overland from Cairo to Cape Town

Restricted EAudiobook (NNELS) 2003

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 meditation on the history...

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