Man Eaters Motel and Other Stops on the Railway to Nowhere: An East African Traveller's Nightbook, Including a Summary History of Zanzibar and an Account of the Slaughter at Tsavo : Together with a Sketch of Life in Nairobi and at Lake Victoria, a Brief and Worried Visit to the Ugandan Border, and a Survey of Angling in the AberdaresIn this melange of high adventure and historical re-creation, satirist Denis Boyles guides readers on a railroad journey through space and time in East Africa. As Boyle fills in the surrounding landscape with African politics, racial tensions, slave trading, transportation problems, haphazard restaurant dining, and a delightfully odd assortment of fellow travelers, he brings the romantic Africa of Isak Dinesen and Beryl Markham into its turbulent present. Black-and-white photographs. |
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