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With the maturity and talent he displays in this book, Mealer...has already set a new standard by which all correspondents might approach other forgotten wars.--Time In 1996, the fighting in Rwanda spilled over the Congolese border, sparking a conflict that would eventually claim more lives than any other since the Second World War. Based on Mealer's three years in Congo, All Things Must Fight to Live is an unforgettable tour through the aftermath of war and colonialism, in a country that is still the site of the greatest humanitarian catastrophe on earth. It is nonfiction at its finest: harrowing, gorgeous, and in the end redemptive.

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Mealer is a gifted writer who reports his harrowing experiences with humility and humanity --Greg Houle, African Update <p> Goes a long way toward making the phrase dark continent the anachronism that it should be. -- Minneapolis CityPages <p> With vivid prose and compelling emotion.... [Mealer] reports his own creeping emotional atrophy as he is repulsed and then spellbound by the violence and by the courageous people who struggled to make sense of the fighting. -- Booklist

""Mealer's talent for detail, deftly rendered, lifts his material toward the sublime."" --Christian Science Monitor ""[A] troubling expose of the brutalities suffered by those in war-racked Congo."" --Chicago Tribune ""With vivid prose and compelling emotion...[Mealer] reports his own creeping emotional atrophy as he is repulsed and then spellbound by the violence and by the courageous people who struggled to make sense of the fighting."" --Booklist ""A perceptive, empathetic, stomach-twisting presentation of the human condition during chaos...A quiet paean to the courage he has witnessed, and its final salute to 'the many proud people of Congo' is as much eulogy as affirmation."" --Publishers Weekly ""Bryan Mealer has put his life on the line to bring us a story of terror and courage from the heart of Congo...Both as a journalist and as a reader, my hat's off to Mealer."" --Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm

Mealer's talent for detail, deftly rendered, lifts his material toward the sublime. --Christian Science Monitor [A] troubling expose of the brutalities suffered by those in war-racked Congo. --Chicago Tribune With vivid prose and compelling emotion...[Mealer] reports his own creeping emotional atrophy as he is repulsed and then spellbound by the violence and by the courageous people who struggled to make sense of the fighting. --Booklist A perceptive, empathetic, stomach-twisting presentation of the human condition during chaos...A quiet paean to the courage he has witnessed, and its final salute to 'the many proud people of Congo' is as much eulogy as affirmation. --Publishers Weekly Bryan Mealer has put his life on the line to bring us a story of terror and courage from the heart of Congo...Both as a journalist and as a reader, my hat's off to Mealer. --Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm

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Bryan Mealer was the Associated Press staff correspondent in Kinshasa, Congo, and has reported from places across the African continent, including Nairobi, S omalia, and Togo. His writing has appeared in Harper's and Esquire, among other magazines. He was born in Odessa, Texas, and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Brooklyn.

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