Truth *is* stranger than fiction
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This hugely entertaining book details how a number of chancers believed they could take advantage of a forgotten part of Africa (that happens to be rich with oil) and make it their own.
A wonderful cast of characters, from the profit-soldier Simon Mann to the ever-woeful Mark Thatcher, and a plot from a boy's own book of coup making, create a great page turner that reads like a pulp fiction airport novel. The mistakes made by this group of would-be profiteering mercenaries defy belief, and the fact this all happened in the real world raises the book from merely `entertaining' to `must-read'.
Thoroughly recommended, and a great read. Just don't get any ideas for yourself as you read it.....
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