My Wife Cars And Other Animals

<p>This book will take you back to a time before the great unwashed thought the world was desperate to see photos of their latest meal-or worse.</p><p>It's a story about growing up in Africa a land full of things that could kill you but usually didn't-.</p><p>While life is often filled with sadness and stress you'll find little of that here. The world needs less gloom and more humour.</p><p> Everyone grows up though some take longer than others and a few never quite manage it.</p><p>There are no heroes in this story-just the raw unvarnished experience of growing up farts and all. And there are oddly enough a lot of those.</p><p>If the characters in this book bear any resemblance to someone it's purely intentional. This <em>is</em> a sort of biography after all. </p><p>It's a humorous account of learning to drive- in a wheelbarrow attempting to get married far from a church or priest and too close to a witch doctor who didn't qualify</p><p> A time and place where speed limits were a challenge and drink-driving was... well just driving.</p><p>The police were always helpful-as long as you collected them yourself and brought them to the scene of the crime. A tricky task if the crime involved your car being nicked.</p><p> It's a collection of memories from a time before being offended became trendy so yes some parts may be offensive. Get over it.</p><p> A story from a land where when asked what people used for lighting before candles the answer was electricity.</p><p>It's a place where inflation was so astronomical it defied calculation chequebooks were so long they required an ironing board for support and money was measured in feet rather than counted.</p><p> Discover why taking a trip on a local bus required an updated tetanus shot why learning to fly was a necessity and how Swaziland's demographic quirks have left many disgruntled voters around the world envious.</p><p>Come on a fishing trip on the Zambezi River where getting arrested was just part of the adventure.</p><p>And yes there's a lot of beer.</p><p>Everyone needs an African experience. If you're not convinced by the end of this book it's probably because you didn't actually read it-or you live in a city and never left it.</p><p><br> </p>