Drums Along the Congo, 1993, Houghton Mifflin.A ripping yarn told by one of that happy band of brothers--most of them Brits--who risk their necks in the pursuit of the sublimely irrelevant...NY Times Editor's pick: top Books of the year, Hartford Courant, SF Chronicle, San Diego Union, NY Times, Boston Globe; Providence Journal This book is step two in Nugent's trip toward the New American mind. It is funny and it is deep...George WS Trow High octane travel writing at its best...Hartford Courant Great work. I loved every page...Boston Globe A marvelous book...much zippier and more amusing than Redmund O'Hanlon's No Mercy...It also came out four years earlier than O'Hanlon's. Nugent is the clear winner and better writer...Wall Street Journal Delightful..Seattle Times CRITICS CORNER......A FEW REVIEWS NY TIMES...ALEXANDER FRATER; JULY 4, 1993 LA TIMES...JONATHAN KIRSCH; JUNE 30, 1993 ATLANTIC MAGAZINE...BARBARA WALRAFF; NOVEMBER,1994 NY NEWSDAY...JULY 18, 1993 BOSTON GLOBE...RICHARD CARPENTER; AUGUST 1, 1993 PROVIDENCE JOURNAL...DAVID DESJARDINS; AUGUST 15, 1993 HARTFORD COURANT...STEVE SILK; AUGUST 15, 1993 KIRKUS REVIWS...APRIL 15, 1993 VIRGINIA PILOT...BILL RUEHLMAN; SEPTEMBER 5, 1993 ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS...LONNIE WILLIS, JANUARY, 1994 |
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