In the Land of Magic Soldiers
An Los Angeles Times Best Book 2003
A chilling, beautifully written narrative of African war
Sierra Leone is the world''s most war-ravaged country. There, in a West African landscape of spectacular beauty, rampaging soldiers--many not yet in their teens--have made a custom of hacking off the hands of their victims, then letting them live as the ultimate emblem of terror. The country is so anarchic a...
An Los Angeles Times Best Book 2003
A chilling, beautifully written narrative of African war
Sierra Leone is the world''s most war-ravaged country. There, in a West African landscape of spectacular beauty, rampaging soldiers--many not yet in their teens--have made a custom of hacking off the hands of their victims, then letting them live as the ultimate emblem of terror. The country is so anarchic a...
