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Stranger than any fiction - Rated
A very well written account of an astonishing story: this is what happens when bored ex-soldiers drink too much and start believing their own fantasies. The sheer amaturishness and bungling of these characters is breath-taking. Roberts writes well and the book is also well organised - neither too long nor too short. The one caveat is that there are no pictures and, despite the best descriptive efforts by Roberts, I cannot understand why pictures of the real people and real places he talks about are not included. I hope this is not an example of the publishers being too cheap.
A great boys story... - Rated
This is a relatively good account of the "toffs 'n' mercenaries" in Africa story of a few years ago. It's also a pretty much a straight telling of the characters, history, lead up and aftermath of the events with a tiny splodge of socio-economic facts and figures and a brief insight into the general corruption that exists in Africa (more often than not as a direct result of Big Business).
Although some of the writing occasionally feels strangled in its attempts to connect the various disparate elements and in trying to create an "exciting" feel with regards to the details of the coup (Roberts is certainly no thriller writer....he works for The Economist)...this is a fascinating insight into a world in which you would have thought no longer existed.
Mad Dogs and Englishmen - Rated
It seems like something from another generation: a small group of mercenaries plot to overthrow an African state, install a puppet regime and then milk the country's oil reserves. But it happened. And just two years ago. Full of great reporting and wonderful characters, the Wonga Coup is one of those tales you expect to find on the fiction shelves. Only this one is real.
(Full disclosure: I'm a friend of Adam's and read through a couple of early drafts; doesn't mean I can't tell you to buy it, though!)
The Roberts Coup - Rated
Adam Roberts has commited a thrilling account of the exploits of soldiers of misfortune in Africa. The book includes some amazing revalations about people who you'd might not think of as coup-plotters. I found the book to be a a real page turner, just the kind of book you'd wanna pick up at the airport to pass a four hour flight or so.
