Richard Walker

Sudan was always an invented country. Maybe we should invent it again

A review of A Poisonous Thorn in Our Hearts, by James Copnall. This account of the secession of South Sudan makes good on its claim to portray one of the world's most interesting places

English explorers on expedition in the Sudan, 1860-63 [Getty Images]
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  • A Poisonous Thorn in Our Hearts

    James Copnall

    Hurst and Co, pp. 315

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