Author

Publication

2000-09-19 - Simon & Schuster

Language

English

Word Count

84,000 words, Guess

Page Count

336 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780684870366
  • Open LibraryOL7722915M

Classifications

  • DDC823/.914

Description

A romance between two journalists in 1960s Africa disintegrates over politics. She is an Italian who supports the Congolese war of independence against Belgium, he is an Irishman who sides with the whites. She takes a black lover, he a white one. A study in decolonization by an Irish writer.

First Sentence

The pitted sponge of jungle gives way to scrub and sand.

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