The Catastrophist
A Novel
1st Scribner Paperback Fiction Ed edition
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Word Count
84,000 words, Guess
Page Count
336 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecatastrophistnov00benn
- ISBN-100684870363
- ISBN-139780684870366
- LibraryThing18205
- OCLC Control Number44909298
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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