Wow, what an amazing book. The story of a river boat captain who has to journey deep in the primeval African Jungle traveling up the Congo.
It was the inspiration for the Francis Ford Coppola film “Apocalypse Now”.
It very accurately sums up the European attitude towards the African people as well as being a chilling journey in to one mans insanity..

I found this book to be very compelling and powerful.
It really captures the racial attitudes of the day. The last reviewer said that the found it difficult to work out who was talking to who etc, I did not have this problem at all.
I think its one of those classics that everyone should read. If you have seen the film Apocolypse Now you will enjoy it.

I hated this book. The imagery isn’t all that spectacular and it is often hard to figure out who is talking to whom and where as the story is told by a man on a boat, telling a story about traveling into the Congo on another boat. So it does become quite confusing. My teacher really appreciated this book, so perhaps that indicates who the book is directed at.