Justin Pearce

Justin writes with a journalist's flair for story-telling that keeps the reader engaged. Couple that with the fact that he was on the scene during the whirlwind days of the end of Angola's civil war, getting glimpses of scenes closed from the peering eyes of the outside world, and the result is a page-turner. I live in Angola and have read many books on Angola, but I always recommend a visitor to Angola read this book first. No other gives such a perfectly balanced intro to the horrors of Angola's history, the exuberance of Angola's hopes, and the maelstrom when those two extremes collided in 2002.… (mehr)