Moving the Palace
by Charif Majdalani
A Lebanese adventurer explores the wilds of Africa, and enlists in the service of an eccentric English colonel in Sudan. In this lush chronicle of far-flung adventure, he meets a compatriot who has dismantled a sumptuous palace and is transporting it across the continent on camels. A captivating modern-day Odyssey in the tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Paul Theroux.