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ipoppycat's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.75
hardcoverhearts's review
5.0
Not only did Bill Buford write a fantastic book in Among The Thugs, but he also edited one of my favorite issues of Granta.
Africa is a very complex continent to discuss, and it seemed to be well represented in this anthology of short essays and stories. What I most remember is that there is a story of an American ex-pat that is in Liberia during the onset of civil war. Nothing I read portrays how terrifying and confusing that time can be as well as she had in that essay. I highly recommend this edition for that essay and others included.
Africa is a very complex continent to discuss, and it seemed to be well represented in this anthology of short essays and stories. What I most remember is that there is a story of an American ex-pat that is in Liberia during the onset of civil war. Nothing I read portrays how terrifying and confusing that time can be as well as she had in that essay. I highly recommend this edition for that essay and others included.
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