New Release April 25th 2011
Stewards, Stengahs, Scandals and Strife
Beneath an African Sky"
453 pages ! well worth the $35
This book falls into the 500gram plus weight with Canada post, international air runs just under $20
Tim begins “Three Sips of Gin” by taking us behind the veil of decadent behavior and excesses which prevailed in Colonial East Africa during his childhood. For bored housewives surrounded by legions of native servants, scandals and stengahs provided welcome relief from the monotony of their pampered lives. Later, Tim gives us rare insight into the strict and unforgiving domain of the remote African boarding school where status among schoolboys was determined not from within the classroom, but by more notable deeds worthy of schoolboy lore. The excitement of Tim’s African adventure intensifies when, as a young commissioned officer with one of the worlds most elite Special Forces units, we follow him into the silence of the shadows to seek out and destroy terrorist lairs in what was one of Southern Africa’s most brutal bush wars. It is here you will read never before published details of some of the Selous Scouts last and most top-secret operations. Finally, we stumble with Tim through the intrigues, excesses and scandals of the boardroom of a large multinational company based in South Africa where longevity of service was as tenuous as the morning mist on the Matabele plains. But most of all we share in the remarkable wit and humour of Tim’s remarkable African adventure.
“An absorbing and amusing chronicle of a young man's adventures in an African continent at war with itself. The author‘s self-deprecating and light hearted account of his involvement in Rhodesia’s shadowy bush war belies the great bravery and distinction with which he fought and which I personally was privileged to witness.”
Lt. Col. Ron Reid-Daly.
Commanding Officer: Selous Scouts Regiment.
Readers Review
Could this book possibly be grounds for divorce?! My copy arrived yesterday morning but I was involved in painting my fence and now my husband has started reading the book and he's done nothing else but grin and laugh and be intolerably ignorant to all around him!!!!!"Three Sips is a thoroughly good read and ranks alongside Peter Godwin's work any day! Bax portrays growing up in colonial East Africa in an engaging and humorous way. It's bound to become a classic! Enjoy!"
Received your book today. I thought it was going to be about 100 pages, not 400!. ! My war office (wife) has collard the book, so I have to wait before I can say how good it is. She has been chuckling (not chucking) all day saying you have a great sense of humour.
Being from the Australian outback, I am not easily impressed. Nor am I moved very often to addressing foreigners as Sir. This book is more than fair dinkum, Mate. Its outstanding. Don’t worry too much about writing another, I’ll be reading this one over and over
