{"product_id":"the-long-haul-pete-minall-9798233122750","title":"The Long Haul","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1986, with a freshly redundant job, a dangerously optimistic outlook, and a wallet full of cash, the author answered a small advert in \u003cem\u003ePrivate Eye\u003c\/em\u003e and accidentally signed up to cross Africa in a pair of elderly Bedford trucks. What followed was not a carefully curated \"journey of self-discovery,\" but a rolling, rattling, frequently ill-advised expedition through deserts, jungles, war zones, borders that barely existed, and toilets that definitely shouldn't have.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a diary of life on the road as it really was: long days of dust and breakdowns, sudden bursts of awe, staggering natural beauty, questionable food choices, heroic drivers, ingenious fixes, black-market economics, and an alarming range of medical complaints. From gorillas in the mist to flamingos by the million, from military checkpoints to mosquito-ridden campsites, the trip lurches between the sublime and the ridiculous - often within the same paragraph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with honesty, warmth, and a sharp eye for human absurdity, this book captures a moment in time before mobile phones, GPS, and risk assessments, when travel relied on luck, patience, humour, and a shared kettle. It is a tribute to the people who made it possible, the strangers encountered along the way, and the peculiar bond formed between a group of semi-lost travellers bouncing across a continent together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart travelogue, part confession, part love letter to organised chaos, this is Africa as experienced from the roof of a truck - unforgettable, unpredictable, and occasionally slightly terrifying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pete Minall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233122750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pete Minall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 1.17d","brand":"Pete Minall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623615115519,"sku":"9798233122750","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-haul-pete-minall-9798233122750","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}