Like Rome, Nkongsamba was built on seven hills, but there all similarity ended. Set in undulating tropical… — William Boyd
Like Rome, Nkongsamba was built on seven hills, but there all similarity ended. Set in undulating tropical rain forest, from the air it resembled nothing so much as a giant pool of crapulous vomit on somebody’s expansive unmown lawn.
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