Article: Tayler, Jeffrey. Glory in a camel's eye; a perilous trek through the greatest African desert.(Book Review)

TAYLER, Jeffrey. Glory in a camel's eye; a perilous trek through the greatest African desert. Houghton Mifflin, Mariner. 245p. c2003. 0-618-49222-4. $14.00. SA *

Deserts have a visceral hold on the imagination. The Kalahari, the Gobi, and the Empty Quarter all have their fans, but when it comes to the "real" desert nearly everyone fixates on the immense Sahara. Jeffrey Tayler endured extreme discomfort, unspeakable food, dysentery, and moments of genuine danger to give the reader an insightful snapshot of one of the genuinely remote places on earth. Fluent in Arabic and most of the local dialects, he completed a multi-stage journey through the remote regions of ...

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