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PLUNDERLAND: China, Africa and a madcap Irish treasure hunt
PLUNDERLAND is the story of Ireland's colonisation of Africa.
Not really. It's about China's.
But there is a connection. Ireland's answer to Stanley and Livingstone have something China wants and will pay any price to get. Without it, Africa's latest colonial invader will never become undisputed master of the universe.
How though to seal the deal? Hopelessly out of their deal-making depth and teetering precariously on the edge of financial ruin, Kearney and Ryan know this could be their Waterloo. Get this one wrong and they'll likely never see their homeland again.
But get it right and they'll be home free. Out of Africa at last to enjoy the fruits of their dubious exploits at their leisure.
In Africa so long they're becoming choc-ices in reverse, this, they're under no illusion, is their final throw of the fortune-hunting dice. Africa has had the best of them and both know this is their last hurrah. Their last chance to atone for a lifetime of failing to unearth the crock of gold they came to Africa to find.
So this time things have to be different. This time uncharted depths have to be plumbed. This time both know they have to break the habit of a lifetime and do some planning.
Unable to recall when watertight was last used to describe a Kearney/Ryan money-making escapade it's a tough ask.
But finally they're ready.
In their hands is a plan covering every base, foreseeing every eventuality, envisaging every likely Chinese scamming angle.
With every possible route to disaster closed off what could possibly go wrong?
What indeed.
CAUTION: PLUNDERLAND IS AFRICA IN THE RAW. CONTAINED IN ITS PAGES IS SOMETHING TO OFFEND EVERYBODY. SO THOSE OF A SENSITIVE DISPOSITION MIGHT CARE TO LOOK AWAY NOW. OTHERWISE... ENJOY!
Not really. It's about China's.
But there is a connection. Ireland's answer to Stanley and Livingstone have something China wants and will pay any price to get. Without it, Africa's latest colonial invader will never become undisputed master of the universe.
How though to seal the deal? Hopelessly out of their deal-making depth and teetering precariously on the edge of financial ruin, Kearney and Ryan know this could be their Waterloo. Get this one wrong and they'll likely never see their homeland again.
But get it right and they'll be home free. Out of Africa at last to enjoy the fruits of their dubious exploits at their leisure.
In Africa so long they're becoming choc-ices in reverse, this, they're under no illusion, is their final throw of the fortune-hunting dice. Africa has had the best of them and both know this is their last hurrah. Their last chance to atone for a lifetime of failing to unearth the crock of gold they came to Africa to find.
So this time things have to be different. This time uncharted depths have to be plumbed. This time both know they have to break the habit of a lifetime and do some planning.
Unable to recall when watertight was last used to describe a Kearney/Ryan money-making escapade it's a tough ask.
But finally they're ready.
In their hands is a plan covering every base, foreseeing every eventuality, envisaging every likely Chinese scamming angle.
With every possible route to disaster closed off what could possibly go wrong?
What indeed.
CAUTION: PLUNDERLAND IS AFRICA IN THE RAW. CONTAINED IN ITS PAGES IS SOMETHING TO OFFEND EVERYBODY. SO THOSE OF A SENSITIVE DISPOSITION MIGHT CARE TO LOOK AWAY NOW. OTHERWISE... ENJOY!
274 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 13, 2018
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About the author
Mark Newham
12 books4 followersThirty years on the journalism frontline is enough for anyone.
It was enough for me anyway.
But there were benefits. Tramping the world in search of the ultimate story produced a gamut of angles for the ultimate book.
Or books.
There was just too much to go in one. So one has turned into several.
Well, four so far with more to come.
Limp Pigs is my Chinese memoir-with-attitude exploding the great changing-China myth.
Cometh the Yuan is a vision of an all-too possible China dominated future gleaned from projecting a known trajectory forwards.
Plunderland is the latest addition taking a sideways look at China's modern day colonisation of Africa.
Snow-Dodging for Umpteenagers
Next? Watch this space and all will be revealed.
It was enough for me anyway.
But there were benefits. Tramping the world in search of the ultimate story produced a gamut of angles for the ultimate book.
Or books.
There was just too much to go in one. So one has turned into several.
Well, four so far with more to come.
Limp Pigs is my Chinese memoir-with-attitude exploding the great changing-China myth.
Cometh the Yuan is a vision of an all-too possible China dominated future gleaned from projecting a known trajectory forwards.
Plunderland is the latest addition taking a sideways look at China's modern day colonisation of Africa.
Snow-Dodging for Umpteenagers
Next? Watch this space and all will be revealed.
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