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Author Butcher, Tim, 1967-

Title Chasing the Devil : a journey through sub-saharan Africa in the footsteps of Graham Greene / Tim Butcher.

Publication Info. New York : Atlas Books, [2011]
©2011
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  916.64044 BUT    AVAILABLE
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Description 325 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Note First published in Great Britain in 2010 by Chatto & Windus.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 309) and index.
Summary Tim Butcher follows Graham Greene's footsteps into Liberia where he encounters masked sorcerers whose magical powers depend on cannabalism and long forgotten missionaries.
Contents A stone in my shoe -- Province of freedom -- Looking for Bruno -- No provocation to anger -- Peace garden -- Falloe's stick -- Message in a bottle -- Screams in the jungle -- Guinea worm -- The cry of the bull-roarer -- Daventry calling -- The Devil's last dance.
Subject Butcher, Tim, 1967- -- Travel -- Liberia.
Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 -- Travel -- Liberia.
Liberia -- Description and travel.
Added Title Journey through sub-saharan Africa in the footsteps of Graham Greene
ISBN 9781935633297 (hc.)
1935633295 (hc.)
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