<DIV>A decade ago, Paul Theroux’s best-selling <I>Dark Star Safari</I> chronicled his epic overland voyage from Cairo to Cape Town, providing an insider’s look at modern Africa. Now, with <I>The Last Train to Zona Verde</I>, he returns to discover how Africa—and he—have changed in the ensuing years.</P><P>On this trip, Theroux is journeying through West Africa for the first time. From Cape Town, South Africa, to Namibia to Botswana, he covers nearly 2,500 miles before he is forced to give up what is to be his final foreign trip, a decision he chronicles in a delightfully curmudgeonly and unsparing chapter titled “What Am I Doing Here?”</P><P>Vivid, witty, and beautifully evocative, <I>The Last Train to Zona Verde</I> is a fitting final African adventure from the writer whose gimlet eye and effortless prose have brought the world to generations of readers.</DIV>