Justin Marozzi

Another good man in Africa

issue 02 November 2002

  • SAHARA

    Michael Palin

    Weidenfeld, pp. 256

INSIDE SAHARA
by Basil Pao
Weidenfeld, £25, pp. 200, ISBN 0297843044

Michael Palin is a decent chap, I thought, after bumping into him for a nanosecond at the Hatchards Authors of the Year party a few months ago. It was just long enough for the briefest exchange of desert tales before he was mobbed by growing numbers of the Palin Fan Club, at which point he faded from view and I was left wishing I had cornered him for longer.

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