Chasing the Devil cover art

Chasing the Devil

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Chasing the Devil

By: Tim Butcher
Narrated by: Nick McArdle
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Only £0.99 a month for the first 3 months. Pay £0.99 for the first 3 months, and £8.99/month thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Start my membership

About this listen

For many years Sierra Leone and Liberia have been too dangerous to travel through. With their wars officially over, Tim Butcher sets out on a journey across both countries, trekking for 350 miles through remote rainforest and malarial swamps, pursuing a trail blazed by Graham Greene in 1935. Weaving history and anthropology with personal narrative - as well as new discoveries about Greene - it is as exciting as it is enlightening.

©2010 Tim Butcher (P)2011 WF Howes Ltd Politics & Government Travel Writing & Commentary United States World Africa War

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Blood River cover art
Canoeing The Congo cover art
Tracks: Series 1 and 2 cover art
Jungleland cover art
Cobalt Red cover art
The Big Truck That Went By cover art
All Things Must Fight to Live cover art
The Road Taken cover art
Goodbye, Vietnam cover art
The Bulldog Track cover art
Lights, Camera, Jemuru cover art
Down Under in the Top End cover art
My Life in Ruins cover art
The Last Englishmen cover art
Frontline cover art
The 8.55 to Baghdad cover art
All stars
Most relevant
Excellent reading of a very interesting and gripping journey! Would recommend for a bit of escapism

Most enjoyable

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Excellent, especially regarding the history of Liberia and the Poro. Eloquent performance by Nick McArdle

Even better than Blood River

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I greatly enjoyed Blood River and was excited to hear that Tim Butcher had written this book. His ability to weave together historical background with his day to day experiences paints a captivating picture of a fascinating country with a sad past and uncertain future. A definite one to recommend.

Another excellent read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I thoroughly enjoyed this audio book. The reader has a very clear and soothing voice (British accent).
The book itself thought me so much about Liberia and Sierra Leone and its recent history while being intertwined with exciting adventures. I enjoyed the background information places throughout the stories. The writing style is easy enough to follow while commuting or cooking. I really recommend this book

Learn about Africa, experience adventure

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Not as good as blood river but still extremely interesting. I Love the way he blends history and anecdote to creating a compelling narrative.

Cracking listen

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.