In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo by Michela Wrong ISBN 13: 9781841154213

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

Fourth Estate Classic House, 2001. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Photos included in listing. Fourth Estate, 2000 About the book: Mr. Kurtz, the colonial white master, brought evil to the remote upper reaches of the Congo River. A century after Conrad's Heart of Darkness was first published, Michela Wrong revisits the Congo as the era of Mobutu Sese Seko collapses into absurdity, anarchy and corruption. This is a portrait of the grotesque as confusion takes over: pink-lipsticked rebel soldiers mingle with tracksuited secret policemen in hotels where fin de siecle dinner parties are ploughing through hotel wine cellars rather than see bottles lost to the new regime. Congo, Africa's richest county in terms of its natural resources, has institutionalised kelptomania: everyone is on the take. In a country where the minumum wage has dropped to below $150 a year, the government, over twenty-five years, spent $250 million providing courtesy cars. Congo has a vanity nuclear reactor built on a subsiding slope and one of its uranium rods is missing. A century on, nothing… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Fourth Estate, 2001. Book. Fine (Book Condition). Quality Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First Thus. A fine copy with a signed "With compliments" card by Michela Wrong laid-in. [Montreal Books rating system: 1. Fine 2. Near Fine 3. Very Good 4. Good 5. Fair].

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.