494pp., map, paperback, Reprint, Penguin, London, (2002) 2003
ISBN: 9780140281118
Paul Theroux travels from Cairo to Cape Town, through Egypt, the Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and South Africa.
"You would have to be made of very obdurate stuff indeed not to be riveted, moved and enriched by this book." Sunday Telegraph
Paul Theroux has written many works of fiction and travel writing, including the modern classics The Great Railway Bazaar, The Old Patagonian Express, My Secret History and The Mosquito Coast. He won the Edward Stanford Award for Outstanding Contribution to Travel Writing 2020. Paul Theroux divides his time between Cape Cod and the Hawaiian islands.