Chasing the Devil: On Foot Through Africa's Killing Fields

Informationen zum Autor Tim Butcher is a best-selling author who blends travel with history. His first book, Blood River , was a number one bestseller, a Richard & Judy Book Club selection and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, while his next, Chasing the Devil , was longlisted for the George Orwell Prize. A journalist with the Daily Telegraph from 1990 to 2009, in 2010 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Northampton for services to writing. Born in Great Britain, he is based in Cape Town with his family. Klappentext Facing down demons from his time in Africa as a journalist, Tim Butcher heads deep into this combat zone, encountering the devastation wrought by lawless militia, child soldiers, brutal violence, blood diamonds and masked figures who guard the spiritual secrets of remote jungle communities. Zusammenfassung Facing down demons from his time in Africa as a journalist, Tim Butcher heads deep into this combat zone, encountering the devastation wrought by lawless militia, child soldiers, brutal violence, blood diamonds and masked figures who guard the spiritual secrets of remote jungle communities.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Butcher, Butcher Tim
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 28.04.2011
• EAN: 9780099532064
• ISBN: 978-0-09-953206-4
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Sierra Leone, Liberia, TRAVEL / Africa / West, Travel writing