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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 Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 28/03/2002
    ISBN13: 9780141186399, 978-0141186399
    ISBN10: 0141186399
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    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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