Hardcover. Stated 1st U.S. edition hardcover with dustjacket 1993 Viking. REMAINDER MARK at bottom page edge. Otherwise very clean; pages bright; binding tight. Unread; only light store shelfwear. 289 pages; Glossary; black-and-white photos. Language: English. 'Those who travel out of boredom seek the comfort of tours and miss the heart and soul of things. Others, like journalist Fitzgerald, live life as a safari on which they embark despite discomforts and so gain real insight. Exiled from her beloved Kenya for writing about politics, miserably unsuited to London, Fitzgerald became a roving reporter in Sub-Saharan Africa, hopping from war to war, each more savage than the last--Ethiopia, the Central African Republic, Liberia, and Mozambique. These are wars of revenge, lacking the ideals of a Gandhi or Mandela. African power shifts like sand, and those who do not grasp it for an instant are fools--as Fitzgerald suggests, that is the secret of institutionalized corruption. Only in Mali and the Ivory Coast does she find people living graciously in the face of misfortune. Being so close to those about whom she writes, Fitzgerald sees life through their eyes and shares with us the secrets they have taught her. These are tantalizing glimpses, well told.'--Louise Leonard, Library Journal, 1993.