New book Damn Lucky - a remarkable war memoir

Damn Lucky is the remarkable true story of a young man who left his native Sweden to fight with the armed resistance during Uganda’s ‘war in the bush’. Against the fragile backdrop of war’s brutal theatre he found brotherhood, a sense of purpose and belonging and – in the most unlikely of places – true love.Damn Lucky What Is Righteous and Worth Fighting For… and at What Price? By Valder Larka In 1982, aged 17, Valder Larka moved with his family to Nairobi, where his father’s UN post took him to Kenya. Unlike most ex-pats Valder was keen to explore the world outside of the affluent