Too Late to Turn Back

It had been Graham Greene’s idea to explore tropical West Africa. The map of Liberia was virtually blank, the interior marked ‘cannibals’. It was a far cry from the literary London of 1935, and the result of the 350-mile trek was the masterclass in travel writing that is ‘Journey Without Maps’. But the gifted author was not travelling alone. His young cousin Barbara had, over perhaps a little too much champagne, rashly agreed to go with him. Un- beknown to him, she also took up pen and paper on their long and arduous journey.