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Jun 07, 2015
Jen
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A good character study of "K", the white African former soldier that Fuller meets and becomes intrigued by on a visit home to her parents in Zambia--but less successful as an entire book. I can see why she wanted to write about him, but I don't think she found the right hook for her story. She seemed to think traveling into his dark past from the war would help her understand something in herself...but hers was less a heart of darkness and more a spleen of discontent. Still, Fuller has a way wit
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Haunting, brutal, honest and funny at times, this is the kind of book that stays with you long after you have put it down.
Now on disc 4 and it's so good I want to live in the car for a few days and finish it.
I'm on the first disc and so far it's fine. The person "performing" the book is the same wonderful woman who does the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series--and she has perfect African pitch so it's much easier to "hear" the story. ...more
I'm on the first disc and so far it's fine. The person "performing" the book is the same wonderful woman who does the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series--and she has perfect African pitch so it's much easier to "hear" the story. ...more
Sep 12, 2008
Juliana Philippa
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Kimberly
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Vesra (When She Reads)
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