John Hopkins lived for many years in Tangier and was a central figure in the bohemian literary crowd of the ’60s and ’70s. He has written several novels, among them Tangier Buzzless Flies and The Flight of the Pelican. His acclaimed books The Tangier Diaries and The South American Diaries are also published by I.B.Tauris. He lives in Oxford.
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Inside map: The Voyage of the White Nile made by John Hopkins and Joe McPhillips (July–October 1961). Map drawn by Lawrence Mynott.
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ISBN: 978 1 78076 892 2
eISBN: 978 0 85773 484 6
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Dedicated to the memory of Joe McPhillips