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Dark star safari

Paperback • 2002 • English • 1. edition

Dark star safari: overland from Cairo to Cape Town

By Paul Theroux

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About the book

The author travels from Cairo to Cape Town, down the Nile, through Sudan and Ethiopia, to Kenya, Uganda and beyond to South Africa. Journeying by train, boat and cattle truck, he passes through some of the most beautiful, and often lifethreatening, landscapes on earth.

Book details

ISBN

9780241140499

Publisher

Hamish Hamilton

Published year

2002

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Dark star safari

Format

Paperback

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1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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