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When the book appeared, Waugh was well established as a writer, and reviewers gave this work careful consideration. However, it was compared unfavourably with his earlier travel writing.
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is quite the thinnest piece of book-making which Mr. Waugh has undertaken and must be viewed in relation to the labours on Father Ronald Knox which preceded it."
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289:He leaves Salisbury and flies to
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516:Unconditional Surrender
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413:Vile Bodies
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130:Mrs. Stitch
109:East Africa
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708:Alec Waugh
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663:(TV, 2017)
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317:References
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194:Tanganyika
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162:Fort Jesus
710:(brother)
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291:Cape Town
276:Lobengula
237:Salisbury
150:Port Said
120:Departure
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202:Bagamoyo
178:Zanzibar
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158:Mombasa
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397:Novels
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245:Ndola
126:Genoa
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