
Whiteman (Paperback)
Tony D'Souza (author)
£8.99
Paperback
288 Pages
Published: 08/03/2007
Published: 08/03/2007
For readers of backpacker classics such as The Beach and Are You Experienced?; those who loved Alexandra Fuller's Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight; gap-year wanderers; those who feel the call of VSO - this is the perfect summer page-turner for airport shoppers or armchair travellers. Young, American and idealistic, the Whiteman bounds into the Ivory Coast with a deep desire to Make a Difference. But then the NGO's funding dries up and he's stranded, unable to establish a water supply for the village and with plenty of time on his hands. Taking place against the backdrop of bloody civil war, this is the story of a whiteman losing his aid-worker illusions and discovering a different, more complicated Africa: perplexing and brutal, beguiling and sexy.
Publisher: Granta Books
ISBN: 9781846270505
Number of pages: 288
Weight: 270 g
Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 20 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"'A startlingly assured debut which captures the intricacies of West African life with a dry but immensely warm humour... sensual and powerfully insightful.' Metro *****"
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