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Born in 1967, Tim Butcher was on the staff of the Daily Telegraph from 1990 to 2009 serving as chief war correspondent, Africa bureau chief and Middle East correspondent. His first book, Blood River, was a number one bestseller, a Richard & Judy Book Club selection and was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. He is currently based in Cape Town with his family.
Engaging...descriptions 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 Butcher's book is packed with incident... fascinating, harrowing and eventful -- Joan Smith Independent 20100927 Butcher writes with candour and humour -- Sam Kiley Scotsman Tim Butcher would probably admit that he was born into the wrong era. He is really a Victorian explorer endowed with the sterling grit of that age, which has carried him across the Congo and now through West Africa's jungle heartland... Butcher writes with candour and humour. -- Sam Kiley Evening Standard A brave book by a writer of skill and principle... he exposes the toxic cocktail of colonial exploitation, tribal conflict, ritual violence and blood diamonds that spits out regional monsrosities such as Charles Taylor... an admirable book. -- Brian Schofield Sunday Times
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