The Wonga Coup by Adam Roberts
Tells the story of the coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, explaining the significance of the events of March 2004 and their aftermath. Shedding light more broadly on Africa's politics and economy, the author provides a rich understanding of a continent that is poorly known and the scramble for control of its bountiful resources.
It's a story stranger than fiction with an assortment of larger-than-life characters that Roberts turns into a page-turner with a surprising dose of humour* Soth Africa Times *
a gripping nonfiction thriller * Bloomberg *
formidable research and plenty of interviews...a sparky, revelation-filled account of one of the more bizarre examples of exploitation in Africa... * Metro *
The most terrifying thing about this chronicle of a failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea is that it's not a Graham Greene novel but a true story. An irresistibly lurid tale....he lifts the curtain to the backrooms of power in postcolonial Africa. * Publishers Weekly *
well researched and wonderfully gripping * Financial Times *
Adam Roberts shows, with merciless precision, how the dogs of war panicked where they should have been cool, and screwed up where they should have been clinically efficient. * Observer *
riveting and superbly researched...a brilliant, mordant, blackly comic read. * Sunday Times *
Impressively researched and briskly narrated...takes readers into a world where slippery chancers and thuggish ex-special forces type, mostly South African, rub shoulders with spooks and dodgy financiers. -- Philip Jacobson * Daily Mail Critic's Choice *
a gripping nonfiction thriller * Bloomberg *
formidable research and plenty of interviews...a sparky, revelation-filled account of one of the more bizarre examples of exploitation in Africa... * Metro *
The most terrifying thing about this chronicle of a failed coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea is that it's not a Graham Greene novel but a true story. An irresistibly lurid tale....he lifts the curtain to the backrooms of power in postcolonial Africa. * Publishers Weekly *
well researched and wonderfully gripping * Financial Times *
Adam Roberts shows, with merciless precision, how the dogs of war panicked where they should have been cool, and screwed up where they should have been clinically efficient. * Observer *
riveting and superbly researched...a brilliant, mordant, blackly comic read. * Sunday Times *
Impressively researched and briskly narrated...takes readers into a world where slippery chancers and thuggish ex-special forces type, mostly South African, rub shoulders with spooks and dodgy financiers. -- Philip Jacobson * Daily Mail Critic's Choice *
A former Southern Africa correspondent of The Economist, Adam Roberts has contributed to the TLS and political journals in Africa and now works for The Economist in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781861979346 |
| ISBN 10 | 1861979347 |
| Title | The Wonga Coup |
| Author | Adam Roberts |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Profile Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2006-06-22 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
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