I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would - after a few pages of reading Allnut's accent on the page, I began to relax and to enjoy this one for what it was. The descriptions of the river and the geography of the landscape makes this only one step removed from travel writing. I also rather liked the ending - a slight fudge, you might complain, but it served a few very useful purposes. ( )

Ah, but for the ending... ( )

Basis of movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn. Movie seen my Jim and Mary

A fun, fast book though the ending was different from the movie version. I must have seen Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart in the film 10 times & it was interesting to get to know the characters a bit more in depth. ( )

Good story of prim missionary and lowlife small boat skipper getting together to fight the Germans in Africa in the first war. I read it a long time ago. Movie is great too. The author wrote the Hornblower series. ( )