Used. Hardcover. Paul Theroux trades first-class comfort for bush taxis and battered trains, traversing the length of Africa from Cairo to Cape Town in this brilliantly cantankerous travelogue. He confronts the continent's harsh realities and rusted infrastructure with a sharp eye and a notoriously prickly disposition, delightfully disrupting any notions of romanticized escapism. It is a wonderfully bumpy ride with a notoriously grumpy guide who refuses to sugarcoat the journey. If you like your travel writing served straight, cynical, and utterly absorbing, pack your bags for this safari.