{"product_id":"crazy-river-paperback","title":"Crazy River - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Grant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eDispatches From Pluto\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeepest South of All\u003c\/i\u003e comes a rollicking travelogue from East Africa.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNO ONE TRAVELS QUITE LIKE RICHARD GRANT and, really, no one should. In his last book, the adventure classic \u003ci\u003eGod's Middle Finger, \u003c\/i\u003ehe 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, illuminating, sometimes harrowing, often hilarious, \u003ci\u003eCrazy River \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliantly rendered account of a modern-day exploration of Africa, and the unraveling of Grant's peeled, battered mind as he tries to take it all in.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Grant is an author of nonfiction books, a journalist, and a documentary film writer. His last two books, \u003ci\u003eDispatches from Pluto\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Deepest South of All\u003c\/i\u003e, were \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers. His previous books include the adventure travel classic \u003ci\u003eGod's Middle Finger: Into the Heart of the Sierra Madre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAmerican Nomads\u003c\/i\u003e, which was made into an acclaimed BBC documentary with Grant as the writer and star. Currently a contributor to \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, Grant has published journalism in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. Originally from London, England, now a US citizen, he has traveled extensively and written books about Mexico and East Africa. After several years of living in a remote farmhouse in the Mississippi Delta, an experience chronicled in the multi-award-winning \u003ci\u003eDispatches from Pluto\u003c\/i\u003e, Grant is living in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.82 x 8.74 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47281792745721,"sku":"9781439154144","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Q1bEtqvXOW9781439154144.webp?v=1769058380","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/crazy-river-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}