‘This is one of the funniest books I’ve read for a long while…a tour de force of whipsmart quips’ Times
‘This book will change your life’ ***** must read at all costs Mirror
'Very funny. Jane's got a death wish' Matt Stone, South Park
‘That rarest of things… a comedy that is truly funny’ Observer
‘So funny you almost feel guilty laughing’ Reuters
‘The funniest thing we’ve ever read’ InStyle
The ‘most evil man in the world’ Joseph Kony has got away with it for years. Starting in Hollywood and ending in an African war zone - via a very attractive peacemaker - this book exposes the appalling crime that isn’t what it seems. And makes you laugh.
‘I found myself convulsed with sinus-clearing snorts of astonished laughter... This potty-mouthed, sarcastic, self-deprecating female journalist with no track record on Africa and a ludicrously inappropriate CV has succeeded where scores of doughty, better-qualified males routinely come a cropper. A small African war, headache of foreign editors and reluctant publishers, has never been captured to such hilarious and heart-wrenching effect’ Michela Wrong, The Spectator
‘Bristling with black humor, Bussmann’s dispatches from the country relate a damning tale of self-serving politicians, an incompetent military and ineffective aid agencies. A book that would do a veteran war correspondent proud’
Hot Press Ireland, top non-fiction choices for 2009
'Heat magazine meets South Park goes to Uganda... dark but also light, ribald, entirely inappropriately f*cking hilarious and absolutely gut-wrenching. Best, most sneakily subversive medium for a hectically important message I've seen. Must-read'
Lauren Beukes, BOOK South Africa
‘Bussmann has invented a new genre – the agony/comedy. A more accurate and more readable account of the horrors of central Africa than is probably available anywhere – and it’s very, very funny’
The Lady
‘Manic energy, demented brilliance and total disregard for her own health, safety and sanity… Bussmann isn’t making fun of civil war in Africa, but the self-absorbed developed world that turns a blind eye to it... the book relentlessly and to great comic effect plays on the tension between the inanely superficial and the deeply serious’
Canada Globe & Mail
'Bussmann is merciless on Hollywood... on the vapid celebrity culture that feeds this blog. She’s brilliant. And hilarious. And bitterly contemptuous. Love her so much. The Worst Date Ever - a perfect end of summer read' laineygossip.com
‘Funnier than Scoop... astonishingly resourceful to the point of recklessness... outrageously indiscreet’ Graeme Garden
‘Jane Bussmann is a true wolf in sheep’s clothing. Her quirky antecedents allow her to reach the vital parts that have eluded far more seasoned wolves for years. Buy this book’ Jon Snow
‘Imagine The Last King of Scotland written by Shazzer from Bridget Jones’s Diary, and you’d still only get halfway to appreciating Jane Bussmann’s funny, incongruous and artlessly perceptive account of ditching the day job to pursue a chisel-jawed peace negotiator into the heart of a child-corpse-strewn Ugandan war zone’ Sunday Times
‘Even in this dangerous part of Africa, she chases her stories, observes minute details and harangues key players until she gets good quote… fearsomely entertaining’ Metro
‘Marrying vociferous rage with self-deprecating humor at her own ditzy foibles, this is a marvelously maverick approach to the investigation of war crimes.’ *****Marie Claire
'Hilarious’ **** Red
‘Angry and hilarious, this is a little classic’
Pick of the Year, Evening Standard
‘An amazing true story you could not make up’ Prima
‘Hilarious’ Heat
'I love this book. Heart-breaking, demented and screamingly funny.' Sally Phillips, Smack the Pony, Bridget Jones Diary
‘Genuinely confusing to rapists’ Chris Morris
'Ballsy, deranged and hilarious. Jane Bussmann's ludicrous quest had me laughing on every page' Arthur Smith
‘Savagely comic… pulls no punches’ Mark Ellen, Word Magazine
‘Unlikely and hilarious’ CultureCritic.co.uk
‘Hysterical, heartbreaking true story’ chortle.co.uk
