In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz by Michela Wrong
A story of grim comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrongs vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years is incisive, ironic and revelatory.'Michela Wrong made the so-called 'Heart of Darkness' much less opaque to me when I visited the CongoShe can do the same for you if you read this brave and witty book.'
Christopher Hitchens
'A brilliant account of Africa's most extraordinary dictator told with wry wit and delicious irony... this book will become a classic.'
The Economist
'Michela Wrong nimbly balances absurdity and outrage in her portrait of Mobutu Sese Seko and the wreckage he visited - with steady Western sponsorship - on the country he called Zaire. Her book is charged with pity and terror, and with the sort of sustaining humour that she rightly admires in Mobutu's former subjects.'
Philip Gourevitch, author of 'We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We will be Killed with Our Families'
Michela Wrong has been a foreign correspondent since joining Reuters after University, has worked extensively in Africa for the BBC, and has also worked for the Sunday Times. She now writes for the Financial Times.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781841154213 |
| ISBN 10 | 1841154210 |
| Title | In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz |
| Author | Michela Wrong |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2000-08-03 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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