This is a tale of redemption after a descent into the ether - set against a primal African backdrop; it purports to be a good read but also to have redeeming social value by providing insight into the solution of a fatal and universal malady - by turns humorous, dark, historically informative and, just possibly, uplifting. The story, given in monologue by an 'anti-hero', begins in eastern Zimbabwe with 'the drinking night that had everything', including a brush with death amid the general pandemonium. It sets the tragicomic theme of a life gone off the rails in a setting that is luxurious,...
This is a tale of redemption after a descent into the ether - set against a primal African backdrop; it purports to be a good read but also to have re...