In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster - in the Congo

Informationen zum Autor Michela Wrong is a distinguished international journalist, and has worked as a foreign correspondent covering events across the African continent for Reuters , the BBC and the Financial Times . Based on her experiences in Africa, In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz , won the PEN James Sterne Prize for non-fiction. I Didn’t Do It for You builds upon her shocking experiences, and focuses on Eritrea. In 2015, she published Borderlines , her first novel. Klappentext 'A brilliant account of Africa's most extraordinary dictator . . . This book will become a classic.' Economist A sparkling account of the rise and fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, the charismatic dictator who plundered his country's wealth and indulged a passion for pink champagne, gold jewellery and chartered Concordes. Absurdity, anarchy and corruption run riot in Michela Wrong's fascinating dissection of the Congo; a story of grim comedy amidst the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit. Zusammenfassung ‘Joyous … a book that makes other journalists weep with envy’ The Economist 'Provocative, touching, and sensitively written … an eloquent, brilliantly researched account’ Sunday Times One of The Economist’s best books by foreign correspondents.

Product details

• Authors: Michela Wrong, Wrong Michela
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.07.2001
• EAN: 9781841154220
• ISBN: 978-1-84115-422-0
• No. of pages: 324
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 197 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, HISTORY / Africa / Central, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, African History, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)