Book Suggestion

There are a (seldom paired) set of books by Paul Theroux about Africa, where as an idealistic young Peace Corps volunteer....
Except these two books were written over a decade apart.

The first Dark Star Safari is his earlier look at a continent with so much promise by someone still wearing his cloak of sunshine.
The second The Last Train to Zona Verde is what he predicted would be his last trip there. The second one was to me far more memorable as he revisited places he had known...

Zona Verde helped me put into perspective my own going home and to the different places I've lived. I couldn't put the damned book down because I felt as if I were there.

I don't think I've ever read a book by Theroux that was a waste of my time. I think these two, together are extraordinary.