Tremendously well written although there seems to be some doubt as to whether she wrote it

Fascinating story of an Africa long passed. | West with the Night | Beryl Markham

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	• West with the Night Beryl Markham North Point Press, 1982 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 137 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

WEST WITH THE NIGHT

Despite the exquisite prose, I was disappointed with this book.
The "adventure aspect" was lacking for me.
The content was more autobiographical than expected.

Tremendously well written although there seems to be some doubt as to whether she wrote it

Amazingly well written. Hemingway said it best "Did you read Beryl Markham's book, West With The Night? ...She has written so well, and marvellously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer. I felt that I was simply a carpenter with words, picking up whatever was furnished on the job and nailing them together and sometimes making an okay pig pen. But this girl, who is to my knowledge very unpleasant and we might even say a high-grade bitch, can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves as writers ... it really is a bloody wonderful book."

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Fascinating story of an Africa long passed.

West with the Night is a personal narrative of an unusal childhhod set prior to WW I in an Africa which no longer exists. An autobiography rich in details of life in Africa for a small period of time. The author avoids showing personal emotions but this tightly written narrative is compelling. Recommend finding informaton on author's life as a supplement.

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Fantastic

How anyone could give this book a one star rating is amazing.
The writing is wonderful and the account of a portion of the author's life is fascinating.

West with the Night

It was a very old book, and written just to show the love that every person has, who has ever been in Africa. I prefer Wilbur Smith.

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West with the Night is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s.
Regarded by many as one of the best adventure books ever!