The Reader's Companion to South Africa

by Alan Ryan (Editor)

Mark Twain, Jan Morris, P. J. O’Rourke, and Michael Palin are just a few of the contributors to this provocative armchair tour of South Africa, which takes us from Capetown to Soweto, from 1850 to the present. Introduction by the Editor. Map.

352 pages, Paperback

First published February 4, 1999

About the author

Alan Peter Ryan was an American author and editor, known for his work in the horror genre in the 1980s.

Reviews

[JennanneJ · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not an amazing collection. There are some interesting essays/travelogues on South Africa and there are also some really dry essays. I picked this up prior to a trip to South Africa and I enjoyed it as an education on the country and the landscape and the people and the history. But unless you have a strong interest in South Africa, it will probably not be a very engaging read.