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Sep 2017A Good Read
Posted by Mark / in Africa, Blog, Featured Posts, frontpage, South America, Tavistock Travel Agents, Traveller's Tales /
There’s nothing like a good read to get the travel muscles twitching: here is a selection of the best, 3 from India, 3 from South America and 4 from Africa: Africa gets an extra just because “The State of Africa” is such a remarkable piece of research:-
| Title | Author | Country of inspiration | Continent | |
| Famished Road | Ben Okri
|
Nigeria | Africa | |
| Blood River | Tim Butler | Zaire/DRC | Africa | |
| The State of Africa | Martin Meredith | Africa | Africa | |
| One Day I will write about this place | Binyavanga Wainaina | Kenya | Africa | |
| Shantaram | Gregory Roberts | India | India | |
| The Impressionist | Hari Kunzru | India | India | |
| The God of Small Things | Arundhati Roy | India | India | |
| 100 Years of Solitude | Gabriel Marques | Colombia | S America | |
| Tschiffely’s Ride | Aime Tschiffely | South America | S America | |
| Innes of My Soul | Isabel Allende | Chile & Peru | S America |
The best from Africa is Ben Okri’s “Famished Road” – just because it’s pure imagination. The best from India is Gregory Roberts “Shantaram” – just because it’s a true story. And the best from South America is “Innes of my Soul” because it’s so utterly moving.
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