For over thirty years, Goerge Grey has been a ship bunker in the west African nation of Montedor, a land of malaria and political upheaval. But now he's returning to England, to a life and world essentially foreign, and to the terra incognita of retirement. In the long days that follow it's almost impossible not to get lost in melancholy memories - all the more acute since the woman he loves is back in Africa - but with the help of a sailing boat and a burgeoning friendship with the quirkiest woman in town, the ache of loneliness begins to ease. 'Jonathan Raban's achievements in this novel are nothing short of awesome' Washington Post 'Raban has a wonderful gift . . . These characters seem to index an entire civilisation' Voice Literary Supplement
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Raban's first novel, an engrossing account of what it can mean to return home
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780330292306
Publisert
2006-10-06
Utgiver
Vendor
Picador
Vekt
253 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
352
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