Freight Dogs

<p>''Every new novel by Giles Foden is something to celebrate'' <b>Paul Theroux</b><br>''An amazing and profound work, rich in memorable detail''<b> Jay Parini</b><br>''Foden has cleverly reworked the grand African adventure novel'' <b>Aminatta Forna, </b><b><i>Guardian</i></b><br>''A perceptive, compassionate history of an enormously complex conflict'' <i><b>Irish Times</b></i><br>''Sharp and fast-paced. Foden does a fine job of locating the reader in the maelstrom of this brutal period in Congo''s past, taking us deep into the heart of a complex conflict'' <i><b>Observer</b></i><br><br>1996: in a Ugandan dive bar, the ''freight dogs'' gather. An anarchic group of mercenary pilots from Texas, Russia, Kenya and Belgium who transport weapons between warring African nations, without allegiance.<br><br> And tonight they have a new recruit - Manu, a nineteen-year-old cowherd fleeing Congo''s bloody war.<br><br> Taken in by this band of unlikely brothers, Manu hopes to reinvent himself. But