Description
No Outspan is a fascinating account of South African affairs from 1919 to 1942, but it is much more than that – it is also a superb narrative by a brilliant writer of his adventures in the wilds of Africa, undertaken with the same courage he demonstrated during the Anglo-Boer War and the First World War. Deneys Reitz – a politician for the entire period and a cabinet minister for much of that time – helped found many of the game reserves in South Africa that we take for granted today. He seems to have regarded all aspects of life as an adventure – akin to the guerrilla warfare with which he was so well acquainted, and not always with less danger attached to his exploits. Reitz gives an especially riveting first-hand account of the political drama behind South Africa’s entry into the Second World War. This book is a romance of truth, but on a deeper level it is an intimate personal romance, and on a still deeper level, it is the wonderful love story of South Africa.