Fountains in the sand

by Norman Douglas

Paperback, 1986

Status

Available

Genres

Nonfiction

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Description

Likely enough I would not have remained in Gafsa more than a couple of days. For it was my intention to go from England straight down to the oases of the Djerid where in olden days the fleets of Atlantis rode at anchor.

User reviews

LibraryThing member owen1218

Norman Douglas was a racist old prick, who writes, for instance, about the necessity of beating Arab women into submission and the virtues of buying and selling them for a profit. Also, for travel literature, this is rather boring. He writes more about the history of places than about his actual

experiences within them.

I wasn't surprised to learn after reading this book that he was convicted of sexually assaulting a sixteen year old boy.

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