Chasing the Devil

On Foot Through Africa's Killing Fields

Tim Butcher (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2011
Vintage (Verlag)
978-0-09-953206-4 (ISBN)

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For many years war made Sierra Leone and Liberia too dangerous for outsiders to travel through. Facing down demons from his time in Africa as a journalist, Tim Butcher heads deep into this combat zone, encountering the devastation wrought by lawless militia, child soldiers, brutal violence, blood diamonds and masked figures who guard the spiritual secrets of remote jungle communities.

On an epic journey that demands courage, doggedness and sheer luck, Butcher treks for 350 blistering miles through rainforest and malarial swamps to gain an extraordinary ground-level view of an overlooked region on the cusp of a remarkable recovery.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.4.2011
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	131 x 198 mm
Gewicht	294 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Afrika
Schlagworte	Englisch; Reise-/Erlebnisberichte • Liberia; Reise-/Erlebnisberichte • Sierra Leone; Reise-/Erlebnisberichte
ISBN-10	0-09-953206-9 / 0099532069
ISBN-13	978-0-09-953206-4 / 9780099532064
Zustand	Neuware