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Horn of Africa (Paperback)
by Philip Caputo (Author)
2.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage Books USA; Reprint edition (Feb 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0375725113
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375725111
  • Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.4 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,414,007 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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2.0 out of 5 stars Too long and drawn out, 28 Mar 2006
The story follows three westerners, sent by a CIA officer, to an Afrian country striken by civil war. They are to train a rebel tribal group to use modern weapons so its leader can take power.
Each of the westerners have many personal issues from their pasts and the mission provides a chance for them be resolved, for better or worse. The conflicting goals lead to many problems, including the committing of war crimes and the outcome of the rebal offensive.
The book is based around the characters, spending a long time on their backgrounds and interactions. Considering the length of the book not much actually happens. I felt it mads the story very drawn out and tiresome. It just seemed to keep rolling on and on.
The text contains a lot of swearing and racial explitives. The characters also show very little respect for religion of the tribe (Islam). It is a recently published book but I am not sure of the date in it is set. Two of the characters are Vietnam veterans so I'm guessing 70s or 80s. So the language and attitudes are somewhat in keeping.

Its not a awful book but can be very hard to keep reading. I can't really recommend it.

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