A post-war, government-directed trip to assess potential farmland in Nyasaland is in reality a study of the author's relationship to Africa, himself and the people he meets. The title cannot be accidental and for all his intriguing insights and thoughts, I wondered how his compatriots viewed him - sagacious or self-absorbed, visionary or pompous? A book of journeys rather than travel, you might not always agree with him but you're willing to go the distance.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 20 September 2003 ) |
