White Nile Diaries, The
It all began at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station, New York, in 1961 - Two Princeton graduates - John Hopkins and Joe McPhillips - have returned from Peru. Loathe to return to a life of work, marriage and mortgages, they are tempted by a mysterious letter from Kenya. Hatching a plan to ride a motorbike across North Africa, they buy a sleek, white R50 BMW and paint her name - 'The White Nile' - on the fuel tank, in honour of the route they plan to follow. In limpid, elegant prose, Hopkins describes deadly salt deserts and fig-laden oases, disappeared travellers and the funerals of young Tunisians killed in the battle for independence. H…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-85773-484-6
- EAN: 9780857734846
- Produktnummer: 22584407
- Verlag: I.B.Tauris
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'063 KB
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John Hopkins is a writer who lived for many years in Tangier and was a central figure in the bohemian literary crowd of the '60s and '70s. He has written several novels, among them Tangier Buzzless Flies and The Flight of the Pelican. His acclaimed books, The Tangier Diaries and The South American Diaries are also published by I.B.Tauris. He lives in Oxford
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