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Jan 1, 2002 · In Dark Star Safari, Paul Theroux travels from Cairo to Capetown over land. His journey takes him through Egypt, the Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
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Mar 28, 2003 · America’s master traveler ( Fresh Air Fiend, 2000, etc.) takes us along on his wanderings in tumultuous bazaars, crowded railway stations, desert oases, and the occasional nicely appointed hotel lobby. “All news of out Africa is bad,” Theroux gamely begins. “It made me want to go there.”.
Mar 1, 2003 · In the travel-writing tradition that made Paul Theroux’s reputation, Dark Star Safari is a rich and insightful book whose itinerary is Africa, from Cairo to Cape Town: down the Nile, through Sudan and Ethiopia, to Kenya, Uganda, and ultimately to the tip of South Africa.
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Apr 5, 2004 · Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown. Paperback – April 5, 2004. A rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry, and train. In the course of his epic and enlightening journey, wittily observant and endearingly irascible Paul Theroux endures danger, delay, and dismaying circumstances.
- Paul Theroux
- $12.99
- Mariner Books
Sep 27, 2009 · This, writes Paul Theroux, in the opening to Dark Star Safari, his latest travel book, is exactly why he came to Africa: to escape a life infested with e-mail and cell phones - all the pinging...
The first sentence of Dark Star Safari, "All news out of Africa is bad," did not augur well. The book would undoubtedly be engaging – for Theroux is a master storyteller – promising...
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Dark Star Safari (2002) is a written account of a trip taken by American author Paul Theroux from Cairo, Egypt, to Cape Town, South Africa, via trains, buses, cars, and armed convoy. [2]
