Tim Butcher

Blood River

The Terrifying Journey Through the World's Most Dangerous Country

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Produktbeschreibung

"Blood River" offers a compulsively readable account of a journey to the Congo--a country virtually inaccessible to the outside world--vividly told by a daring and adventurous journalist.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Grove Atlantic
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 206mm x 137mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780802144331
• ISBN-10: 0802144330
• Artikelnr.: 26527526

Autorenporträt

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.

Rezensionen

A remarkable, fascinating book by a courageous and perceptive writer. One of the most exciting books to emerge from Africa in recent years Alexander McCall Smith