Crazy river

a journey to the source of the Nile

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Grant, Richard: Crazy river (2011, Free Press)

336 pages

English language

Published Nov. 22, 2011 by Free Press.

ISBN:
978-1-4391-5414-4
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In his last book, the adventure classic God's Middle Finger, he narrowly escaped death in Mexico's lawless Sierra Madre. Now, Grant has plunged with his trademark recklessness, wit, and curiosity into East Africa. Setting out to make the first descent of an unexplored river in Tanzania, he gets waylaid in Zanzibar by thieves, whores, and a charismatic former golf pro before crossing the Indian Ocean in a rickety cargo boat. And then the real adventure begins. Known to local tribes as "the river of bad spirits," the Malagarasi River is a daunting adversary even with a heavily armed Tanzanian crew as travel companions. Dodging bullets, hippos, and crocodiles, Grant finally emerges in war-torn Burundi, where he befriends some ethnic street gangsters and trails a notorious man-eating crocodile known as Gustave. He concludes his journey by interviewing the dictatorial president of Rwanda and visiting the true source of the Nile. Gripping, …

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Subjects

  • Social conditions
  • Travel
  • Description and travel
  • Discovery and exploration

Places

  • Malagarasi River (Burundi and Tanzania)
  • East Africa
  • Tanzania