Chasing the Devil - On Foot Through Africa's Killing Fields (Paperback)

Of all the anarchic and war-torn African nations, none is more forbidding than Liberia, the land that nurtured child soldiers, the violent trade in "blood diamonds," even ritual murder. Graham Greene, in search of extreme adventure, ventured through its dense jungles to write the travel classic Journey Without Maps; three-quarters of a century later, Tim Butcher decided to follow Greene's footsteps, only to find the path even more ominous and overgrown than in his predecessor's day. Among the devils he encounters are masked sorcerers whose magical powers depend on cannibalism and missionaries long forgotten in the hinterland he traverses. Butcher, a former African correspondent for the London Telegraph and author of Blood River, his best-selling account of a dramatic journey through the Congo, has produced in this thrilling sequel a book that The Independent hails as "fascinating, harrowing, and eventful."

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2011
First published:	April 2011
Authors:	Tim Butcher
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	325
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-953206-4
Categories:	Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > General Books > Travel > Travel writing > General
LSN:	0-09-953206-9
Barcode:	9780099532064

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