num_pages: 472
description: In Dark Star Safari the wittily observant and endearingly irascible Paul Theroux takes readers the length of Africa by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry, and train. In the course of his epic and enlightening journey, he endures danger, delay, and dismaying circumstances.Gauging the state of affairs, he talks to Africans, aid workers, missionaries, and tourists. What results is an insightful mediation on the history, politics, and beauty of Africa and its people.In a new postscript, Theroux recounts the dramatic events of a return to Africa to visit Zimbabwe.
language: English
title: Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
titlecomplete: Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town
genres: Biography, Africa, South Africa, Travel, Travelogue, Egypt, Nonfiction, Adventure, History, Memoir
ratings_count: 14639
places: Africa
publisher: Houghton Mifflin