The bestselling author of Blood River is back with a second thrilling adventure, illuminating the war-torn, complex and forbidding region of Sierra Leone and Liberia
Tim Butcher is a best-selling author who blends travel with history. His first book, Blood River, was a number one bestseller, a Richard & Judy Book Club selection and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, while his next, Chasing the Devil, was longlisted for the George Orwell Prize. A journalist with the Daily Telegraph from 1990 to 2009, in 2010 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Northampton for services to writing. Born in Great Britain, he is based in Cape Town with his family.
Engaging...descriptions of walking through the bush, of sweltering
heat, sweat and swelling blisters are juxtaposed against moments of
beauty...a test of endurance
*Sunday Telegraph*
A brave book by a writer of skill and principle... He exposes the
toxic cocktail of colonial exploitation, tribal conflict, ritual
violence and blood diamonds that spits out regional monsrosities
such as Charles Taylor... an admirable book
*Sunday Times*
Tim Butcher has a respect and affection for West Africa that is
genuine and touching, writing in a way that brings out the
exuberance and wit of its people. This book is required reading for
anyone even vaguely interested in this remote and enigmatic
region
*Daily Mail*
Butcher is really a Victorian explorer and writer endowed with the
sterling grit of that age... He is tough and he's honest
*Evening Standard*
Butcher's book is packed with incident... fascinating, harrowing
and eventful
*Independent*
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