With a Beau in the Bush ; Alexandra Fuller Gets Up Close and Personal with a White Mercenary Fallen On Hard Times, but Is Her Gushing Account Naive or Evasive?

Evening Standard - London (August 23, 2004)

Author: Sam Kiley

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Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier by Alexandra Fuller

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With a Beau in the Bush ; Alexandra Fuller Gets Up Close and Personal with a White Mercenary Fallen On Hard Times, but Is Her Gushing Account Naive or Evasive?

THEY are awaiting trial for botched coup attempts in West Africa, flying he l icopters in Sierra Leone, guarding oil pipelines in Iraq and diamond mines in Angola.

A few are living quietly in suburban South Africa. Mor...

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