The author of this delightful collection of short stories begins the forward with a confession: "I collect odd people... Much the way other people collect stamps or coins, I collect artists, deviants, egomaniacs, the sexually and morally confused, social faux pas, anarchists, true believers and rabid atheists." And Indonesia, a land where there is a very porous frontier between the natural and supernatural worlds, provided him with a rich hunting ground. In this collection, the reader will meet Thomas Perkasa, a gentle early childhood teacher with a secret passion for women's clothes; Maurice...
The author of this delightful collection of short stories begins the forward with a confession: "I collect odd people... Much the way other people col...
Fifteen years after the tragic death of her husband, Malaika receives his private journals and an odd invitation to write his biography. Financially strapped, Malaika accepts the invitation only to find that her husband's death is not nearly as straight forward or as simple as it once seemed. In the final entry in his diary, Malaika reads something that will change the course of her life. Her husband, Paul Mondeson, did not die of natural causes. Driven by guilt and a relentless quest for the truth, Malaika's research takes her back to Tanzania in the early 1980's when a young, idealistic...
Fifteen years after the tragic death of her husband, Malaika receives his private journals and an odd invitation to write his biography. Financially s...
