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In Uganda in 1977, a particular trainload of coffee, mostly belonging to dictator Idi Amin, is worth six million dollars. As a group of scoundrels and international financiers hijack the train, the double and triple crosses pile up and the comic tension escalates in a brawling brew of buffoons, bumblers, beans and boxcars.

JustSomeOldGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:48 am A post by Oohrah reminded me about this, one of my favorite books from the 1980's.

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In Uganda in 1977, a particular trainload of coffee, mostly belonging to dictator Idi Amin, is worth six million dollars. As a group of scoundrels and international financiers hijack the train, the double and triple crosses pile up and the comic tension escalates in a brawling brew of buffoons, bumblers, beans and boxcars.

but I think of it as "how does a small group of merc's make an entire freight train disappear in Idi Amin's Uganda?".

Jusme wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:09 pm

JustSomeOldGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:48 am A post by Oohrah reminded me about this, one of my favorite books from the 1980's.

Official description is

In Uganda in 1977, a particular trainload of coffee, mostly belonging to dictator Idi Amin, is worth six million dollars. As a group of scoundrels and international financiers hijack the train, the double and triple crosses pile up and the comic tension escalates in a brawling brew of buffoons, bumblers, beans and boxcars.

but I think of it as "how does a small group of merc's make an entire freight train disappear in Idi Amin's Uganda?".

Better yet, where do you fence a trainload of coffee?

Jusme wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 12:09 pm

JustSomeOldGuy wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:48 am A post by Oohrah reminded me about this, one of my favorite books from the 1980's.

Official description is

In Uganda in 1977, a particular trainload of coffee, mostly belonging to dictator Idi Amin, is worth six million dollars. As a group of scoundrels and international financiers hijack the train, the double and triple crosses pile up and the comic tension escalates in a brawling brew of buffoons, bumblers, beans and boxcars.

but I think of it as "how does a small group of merc's make an entire freight train disappear in Idi Amin's Uganda?".

Better yet, where do you fence a trainload of coffee?

Jusme wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:14 pm I know now why Amin was so cranky, he was over caffeinated.