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For many years Sierra Leone and Liberia have been too dangerous to travel through, bedevilled by a uniquely brutal form of violence from which sprang many of Africa's cruellest contemporary icons - child soldiers, prisoner mutilation, blood diamonds. With their wars officially over, Tim Butcher sets out on a journey across both countries, trekking for 350 miles through remote rainforest and malarial swamps. Just as he followed H M Stanley through the Congo - a journey described in his bestseller Blood River - this time he pursues a trail blazed by Graham Greene in 1935 and immortalised in the travel classic Journey Without Maps. Greene took 26 bearers, a case of scotch, and hammocks in which he and his cousin Barbara were carried. Tim walks every blistering inch to gain an extraordinary ground-level view of a troubled and overlooked region.
As a journalist in Africa, Tim came to know both countries well although the wars made trips to the jungle hinterland far too risky. This is where he now heads, exploring how rebel groups thrived in the bush for so long and whether the devil of war has truly been chased away. He encounters other 'devils', masked figures guarding the spiritual secrets of jungle communities. Some are no more threatening than schoolmasters but others are much more sinister, relying on ritual cannibalism as a source of their magical power. Tim encounters these devils on an epic journey that demands courage, doggedness and good fortune.
Chasing the Devil is a dramatic travel book touching on one of the most fraught parts of the globe at a unique moment in its history. Weaving history and anthropology with personal narrative - as well as new discoveries about Greene - it is as exciting as it is enlightening.
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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.
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Condición: Como nuevo. : En 'Chasing the Devil', Tim Butcher narra su audaz expedición desde Freetown, en la desembocadura del río Sierra Leona, por tierra a través de montañas cubiertas de bosques y llanuras palúdicas hasta la costa de Liberia. Se aventura en áreas no visitadas por extraños durante años. Ambas naciones se encuentran en una cúspide de desarrollo y Tim explora si los intentos nacionales e internacionales de ahuyentar al demonio de la guerra pueden tener éxito. El autor nos lleva a un viaje fascinante a través de África, explorando la historia, la cultura y el espíritu de lucha de sus gentes. Un relato inspirador sobre la capacidad de la humanidad para sobrevivir y prosperar incluso en las circunstancias más difíciles. EAN: 9780701183608 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Otros Título: Chasing the Devil Autor: Tim Butcher Editorial: Chatto & Windus Idioma: en Páginas: 336 Formato: tapa dura. Nº de ref. del artículo: Happ-2024-11-04-ebee4335
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