Dark Star Safari

Dark Star Safari
1st edition
Author(s)	Paul Theroux
Country	UK
Language	English
Genre(s)	Non-fiction
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Publication date	2002
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)

Dark Star Safari (2002) is a written account of a trip taken by author Paul Theroux from Cairo to Cape Town via trains, planes, buses, cars, and armed convoy.^[1]

Throughout the duration of the trip Theroux describes the writing of an erotic novella. This novella would eventually be published in 2003, amongst a collection of short stories, as The Stranger At The Palazzo D'Oro.

Chapters of Book

1. Lighting Out
2. The Mother of the World
3. Up and Down the Nile
4. The Dervishes of Omdurman
5. The Osama Road to Nubia
6. The Djibouti Line to Harar
7. The Longest Road in Africa
8. Figawi Safari on the Bandit Road
9. Rift Valley Days
10. Old Friends in Bat Valley
11. The MV Umoja Across Lake Victoria
12. The Bush Train to Dar es Salaam
13. The Kilimanjaro Express to Mbeya
14. Through the Outposts of the Plateau
15. The Back Road to Soche Hill School
16. River Safari to the Coast
17. Invading Drummond's Farm
18. The Bus Border Bus to South Africa
19. The Hominids of Johannesburg
20. The Wild Things at Mala Mala
21. Faith, Hope and Charity on the Limpopo Line
22. The Trans-Karoo Express to Cape Town
23. Blue Train Blues

References

1. ^ Guardian.co.uk

External links

• Booknotes interview with Theroux on Dark Star Safari, May 18, 2003.
• Official site