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His previous books include the new york times bestseller the new jackals. British journalist and broadcaster reeve one day in september. Simon reeve presents a travel documentary as embarks on a journey along the tropic of capricorn, the line of latitude which cuts through southern africa, australia and south america. In tropic of capricorn, simon reeve sets out on a global adventure through ten countries following the line of the southern tropic. Tropic of capricorn is a semiautobiographical novel by henry miller, first published by obelisk press in paris in 1939. It was aired on bbc two in 2008 and showed presenter simon reeve travelling along the tropic of. At the heart of the book are his encounters with the people of capricorn, including the bushmen of the kalahari, namibian prostitutes, gem miners in madagascar.