Book description
Dark Star Safari is Paul Theroux's now classic account of a
journey from Cairo to Cape Town.
Travelling across bush and desert, down rivers and across lakes, and
through country after country, Theroux visits some of the most
beautiful landscapes on earth, and some of the most dangerous. It is a
journey of discovery and of rediscovery -- of the unknown and the
unexpected, but also of people and places he knew as a young and
optimistic teacher forty years before.
Safari in Swahili simply means "journey", and this is the
ultimate safari. It is Theroux in his element -- a trip where chance
encounter is everything, where departure and arrival times are an
irrelevance, and where contentment can be found balancing on the top
of a truck in the middle of nowhere.
Praise for Paul Theroux:
'Theroux's work remains the standard by which other travel writing
must be judged' Observer
'One needs energy to keep up with the extraordinary, productive
restlessness of Paul Theroux ... [He is] the most gifted, most
prodigal writer of his generation'Jonathan Raban
'Always a terrific teller of tales and conjurer of exotic locales,
he writes lean prose that lopes along at a compelling pace'Sunday Times
Paul Theroux's books include Dark Star Safari, Ghost Train
to the Eastern Star, Riding the Iron Rooster, The
Great Railway Bazaar, The Elephanta Suite, A Dead
Hand, The Tao of Travel and The Lower River. The
Mosquito Coast and Dr Slaughter have both been made into
successful films. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and
the Hawaiian islands.
Paul Theroux is the author of many bestselling books, both fiction
and non-fiction. His travel books include THE GREAT RAILWAY BAZAAR, THE
PILLARS OF HERCULES and FRESH-AIR FIEND. His latest book, THE STRANGER
AT THE PALAZZO D'ORO, is published byHamish Hamilton in June 2003. He
divides his time between Cape Cod and Hawaii.
