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fascinating, harrowing and eventful" - Joan Smith * Independent *
while his next, Chasing the Devil, was longlisted for the George Orwell Prize. He is tough and he's honest" * Evening Standard * "Butcher's book is packed with incident. Tim Butcher is a best-selling author who blends travel with history. 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. an admirable book" - Brian Schofield * 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. He exposes the toxic cocktail of colonial exploitation, tribal conflict, ritual violence and blood diamonds that spits out regional monsrosities such as Charles Taylor. OL19950918W Page_number_confidence 97.01 Pages 470 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210112102216 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 621 Scandate 20210109045848 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781407467597 Tts_version 4."scriptions of walking through the bush, of sweltering heat, sweat and swelling blisters are juxtaposed against moments of beauty.a test of endurance" - Aminatta Forna * Sunday Telegraph * "A brave book by a writer of skill and principle. Urn:lcp:chasingdevilsear0000butc_v2n3:epub:79dd128b-81c3-49e3-b82c-83e7cf9e17cf Foldoutcount 0 Identifier chasingdevilsear0000butc_v2n3 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t0dw1hj26 Invoice 1652 Isbn 9781407467597ġ40746759X Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9905 Ocr_module_version 0.0.10 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000189 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 07:02:21 Boxid IA40032210 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier
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