THEROUX, P: DARK STAR SAFARI

An account of Paul Theroux`s ultimate `safari`, from Cairo to Capetown. 35,000 copies sold in hardback. Undoubtedly one of the biggest travel books of the year. A journey of discovery and rediscovery which sets Theroux`s experience of the dark continent against his journey forty years previously. `You would have to be made of very obdurate stuff indeed not to be riveted, moved and enriched by this book`Sunday Telegraph`.