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What's a mile long, rusty, slow, and worth a fortune? It's a freight train full of kahawa, Swahili for coffee, and it belongs to none other than the jovial, bloodletting dictator Idi Amin. Locked away in his palace of secrets, fear, and torture, Amin doesn't know that in the lush heart of his Uganda some of the world's most unscrupulous, oversexed mercenaries, moneymakers, and thieves are busy plotting to steal all this kahawa in one fell swoop, sending the international coffee market and a varied cast of court jesters, spies, and crooks into deadly conniptions. You see, in a madman's…

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17 editions · 2 languages
  • Ebook · English · 2001
    Grand Central Publishing · 9780759562905
  • Paperback · English · 1984
    Tom Doherty Assoc Llc · 9780812510508
  • Paperback · English
    Allison & Busby LTD · 9780749001391
  • Other · English · 2007
    Grand Central Publishing · 9780446501040
  • Other · English · 2006
    Grand Central Publishing · 9780759517776
  • Other · English · 2001
    Grand Central Publishing · 9780759582965
MysterySmugglingFictionMercenary troopsHijacking of trainsFiction, mystery & detective, generalAfrica, fictionFiction, science fiction, general