Crazy River
A Plunge into Africa
$26.96
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
29 January 2013
Summary
No-one travels like the renowned writer-adventurer Richard Grant and, really, no-one should. Having narrowly escaped death at the hands of Mexican drug barons in Bandit Roads, he now plunges with his trademark recklessness and curiosity into Africa.
Setting out to make the first descent of a previously unexplored river in Tanzania, he gets waylaid by thieves, whores and a degenerate former golf pro in Zanzibar, then crosses the Indian Ocean in a cargo dhow before the real adventure be…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349000275 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349000271 |
| Author: | Richard Grant |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2013 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
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Grant is a fearless, literary-minded travel writer. In his latest escapade he makes a maiden descent down the unexplored East African river, the Malagarasi - Irish Examiner - Richard Fitzpatrick
A high-energy book - The Times - Iain FinlaysonGrant has the makings of a first-class travel writer. He’s wide-eyed without being too trusting, good at ferreting out unlikely people and possessed of ample reserves of both masochism and self-pity - Spectator - John PrestonAbout The Author
Richard Grant
Richard Grant is an English writer who has been based in the USA for fifteen years. His first book, GHOST RIDERS, attracted enormous praise, winning the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award. His second was BANDIT ROADS.
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