Thursday, October 28, 2021

NINETY-TWO DAYS - Evelyn Waugh


 
















An interesting wee read, no great discoveries but a tale of genuine discomfort traveling in Guiana and Brazil in the 1930's.

Mr Christie is is met in some hell hole called Boa Vista and becomes the model used in "The Man Who Liked Dickens", which in turn is included in "A Handful of Dust" 

If you like your travel books short this is worth picking up.


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