Slap on your sunscreen, pack (lots) of water – you're about to follow in the footsteps of one madman, Robert Twigger, who is following in the footsteps of a few more ... all in search of Sahara's lost oasis.
An Egyptian adventure like no other, the author of Angry White Pyjamas and Voyageur uproots his suburban existence in Oxfordshire to explore the boundless promise and mystery of the desert. Armed with a wooden trolley and a sense of humour, he seeks the fabled paradise Zezura – and while he never quite gets there, like doomed adventurers before him (including The English Patient's Count Almasy), what he does find are oddball characters galore, archaelogical gems and desert trivia in spades.