Tim walks every blistering inch to gain an extraordinary ground-level view of a troubled and overlooked region.Īs a journalist in Africa, Tim came to know both countries well although the wars made trips to the jungle hinterland far too risky. Greene took 26 bearers, a case of scotch, and hammocks in which he and his cousin Barbara were carried. 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. 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. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.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. fascinating, harrowing and eventful" - Joan Smith * Independent *
He is tough and he's honest" * Evening Standard * "Butcher's book is packed with incident.
This book is required reading for anyone even vaguely interested in this remote and enigmatic region" * Daily Mail * "Butcher is really a Victorian explorer and writer endowed with the sterling grit of that age. an admirable book" - Brian Schofield * Sunday Times * "Tim Butcher has a respect and affection for West Africa that is genuine and touching, writing in a way that brings out the exuberance and wit of its people. He exposes the toxic cocktail of colonial exploitation, tribal conflict, ritual violence and blood diamonds that spits out regional monsrosities such as Charles Taylor. "scriptions of walking through the bush, of sweltering heat, sweat and swelling blisters are juxtaposed against moments of beauty.a test of endurance" - Aminatta Forna * Sunday Telegraph * "A brave book by a writer of skill and principle.
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