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Perhaps the funniest travel book ever written, Remote People begins with a vivid account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent for The Times. It continues with subsequent travels throughout Africa, where natives rub shoulders with eccentric expatriates, settlers with Arab traders and dignitaries with monks. Interspersed with these colourful tales are three ''nightmares'' which describe the vexations of travel, including returning home.

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An outrageously disdainful, wonderfully funny account ... he wrote like an angel - a fallen one

* Irish Times *

Remote People Penguin Modern Classics

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 28 March 2002
      ISBN-13 9780141186399
      978-0141186399
      ISBN-10 0141186399
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Perhaps the funniest travel book ever written, Remote People begins with a vivid account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari - Haile Selassie I, King of Kings - an event covered by Evelyn Waugh in 1930 as special correspondent for The Times. It continues with subsequent travels throughout Africa, where natives rub shoulders with eccentric expatriates, settlers with Arab traders and dignitaries with monks. Interspersed with these colourful tales are three ''nightmares'' which describe the vexations of travel, including returning home.

      Trade Review

      An outrageously disdainful, wonderfully funny account ... he wrote like an angel - a fallen one

      * Irish Times *

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