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I Wanted To Be A Great White Hunter, A Prospector For Gold, Or A Slave Trader. But Then, When I Was Eight, My Parents Sent Me To A Boarding School In South Africa. It Was The Equivalent Of A British Public School With Cold Showers, Beatings And Rotten Food. But What It Also Had Was A Library Full Of Books.

I Read All Of Rider Haggard's Books. For Me He Had The Romance Of Africa With A Little Bit Of Mysticism. I'm Delighted To Be Looked On As His Heir And Be Categorised As An Adventure Novelist Because That's Exactly What I Am.

A Cynic Had Defined Aid As Simply The System By Which Poor White People In Rich Countries Gave Money To Rich Black People In Poor Countries To Put Into Swiss Bank Accounts.

I Know It's Politically Incorrect But I Enjoy Things Like The Kick Boxing And Cock Fighting.

Usually Halfway Through A Book I Have A Serious Depression, So I Go On Safari On My Ranch In South Africa, Or Fishing Off My Island In The Seychelles. When I Come Back And Re-read It, I Think: 'what Was All That About, Smith? It's Fine, Just Get On With It.'