Description
Wilbur Smith has lived an incredible life of adventure, and in this English-language memoir he shares the extraordinary true stories that inspired his fiction. From being attacked by lions and encountering deadly reef sharks to getting lost in the African bush without water and crawling through precarious gold-mine tunnels, his experiences include marlin fishing with Lee Marvin and nearly dying after crash-landing a Cessna aeroplane. He recalls his brutal school days, redemption through writing and falling in love, and the many people and places that shaped his life and books. Candid, sometimes hilarious and always thrillingly entertaining, these intimate stories reveal the raw material behind his fiction and the life of a writer who has travelled widely, met people from all corners of the globe, and imagined starting wars, burning down cities and killing hundreds of thousands of people, but only on the page.
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Author: Smith Wilbur
Language: English
Publication date: October 4, 2018
Manufacturer: Folio, spol.s r.o.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Fiction in english, English novels, Adventure novels in english
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 387
ISBN/EAN: 9781785765353