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Ebook About 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 meditation on the history, politics, and beauty of Africa and its people, and "a vivid portrayal of the secret sweetness, the hidden vitality, and the long-patient hope that lies just beneath the surface" (Rocky Mountain News). In a new postscript, Theroux recounts the dramatic events of a return to Africa to visit Zimbabwe.Book Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Capetown Review :
By far, Theroux's best travel book. And they're all, at a minimum, extremely worth my time. What made this one exceptional was the timing of the read. I had held back on Dark Star Safari until 2018 after overdosing on other Theroux titles and feeling the need to sample other writers (many of them cited in Theroux's own works). His thesis - that Africa is doomed barring a miracle (sorry, Paul, that thought may be anathema) gains even more credence with me nearly two decades after Theroux journeyed from Cairo to Capetown, for this year has seen a spike in African strongmen rigging the game to stay in power and some economies struggling to diversify after the single-commodity free-falls of several years back. Local decision-making with roots in tribal governance, versus central government planning and concomitant shenanigans, seems to work best, the author suggests. And as an investor in a Sub-Saharan mutual fund, it's clear after reading this book that both Commerce Department analyses and investment come-ons remain woefully rose-colored. So Theroux, yet again, scores high marks for a very clear-eyed and sober approach to some very complex subject matter.Beyond the author's mastery of material (he has done plenty of homework and enjoys numerous contacts on the continent), Theroux's chops as an on-the-ground, sometimes in-your-face journalist, his disdain for "suffering fools gladly" and his ability to craft compelling mise-en-scene makes his work soar. The first 100 or so pages of Dark Star Safari are simply a delight to read, and as he moves down the spine of Africa his portraits of merchants, farmers, bureaucrats and fellow travelers prove deep and telling and sometimes just rollicking fun. Theroux has come light years from the work that made him famous, The Great Railway Bazaar, and what once amounted to caricatures in some cases are now real, live human beings that Theroux befriends and respects. (Having said that, "Bazaar" is still one of my favorite books.)Another great man of letters, Tom Wolfe, died this week. Reading his obituary, I realized for the first time that Theroux was one of the early proponents of The New Journalism that Wolfe helped found: painstaking attention to journalistic detail, no-holds-barred first-person narrative, and a unique, sometimes eye-popping way with the language that quickly drew lifelong fans. Here's hoping that Mr. Theroux, now pushing 80, isn't finished writing. Dark Star Safari by Paul TherouxA précis from a reader who has hubristic pride that he made it through this horribly dark and pessimistic volume about man’s ability to abuse other human beings and even to condition them to believe they are seeking such abuse. Reading this book is like hitting yourself on the head— it feels so good when it stops. In Dark Star Safari the oh-so-structured theme (and desire of the author to leave his American wife and family and lose himself in Africa with no communications and no one knowing whether he is alive or dead) wears thin early in the book but repeats and repeats itself until the reader is ready to pull his hair out. Paul Theroux travels on the ground ( no air) from Cairo to Cape Town South Africa, often backtracking to prolong the reader’s agony, by rattletrap bus, dugout canoe, cattle truck, armed convoy, ferry, and train. In the course of his journey from hell he finds danger, delay, loose women, and “dismaying” circumstances. He writes about his interactions with Africans at all levels from country Presidents to the rural poor and the city beggars, international aid workers whose “do good” missions lead them to treat the Africans like beasts, missionaries, and the rare tourist. His book is an insightful reflection on the history, politics, corruption, sycophancy, slums, backwardness, taudry lives, and occasional beauty of Africa and its blacks and whites. At times the events bog down and the reader will grow impatient with the repetitiveness. At times the reporting just skims the surface leaving the reader wondering “what the hell is going on”. At the end, the reader will be happy the book is over and he can leave Mr Theroux to his narcissistic musings— probably forever— with the hope that Mr. Theroux will never write again. 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