Original, very funny and very poignant. Read it! Paul Torday, author of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen on Terms & Conditions
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This author explores the cultural collisions and personal identities that stem from their African roots and European upbringing. Their writing sensitively captures the feelings of displacement and the search for home across continents. With a keen eye for detail and a profound understanding of the human psyche, the author brings to life the experiences of adapting to new environments, examining how these experiences shape our worldview. Their works are marked by a fluid transition between personal reflection and universal themes.
- 2016
- 2016
Please Do Not Disturb. Hotel Mirage oder wo man Elefanten nicht beim Schlafen stört, englische Ausgabe
- 304 pages
- 11 hours of reading
The funny, disturbing and deeply affecting new book by the acclaimed author of Terms & ConditionsCharlie, a curious boy with a dangerous dictaphone habit, eavesdrops on the eccentric guests of the Mirage Hotel, as the African nation of Bwalo prepares for the annual appearance of its Glorious Leader Tafumo. Sean, an Irishman who's given his heart (and the best part of his liver) to Bwalo, struggles to write the great African novel - if only his crazed fiancée and fierce thirst would stop distracting him.Josef, mythmaker and kingmaker, who paved the way for Tafumo's rise to power, starts to hear the ominous rattle of skeletons in his closet. Hope, the nurse caring for the King, keeps the old man alive, maintaining the façade of the powerful ruler, as she mourns her own broken dreams.And in the countdown to the Big Day, storm clouds are gathering as petty criminal, Jack, smuggles something into Bwalo - to the Mirage Hotel - that will change the lives of all of them for ever...
- 2015
Frank has been in a car accident*. The doctor tells him he lost his spleen, but Frank believes he has lost more. He is missing memories - of the people around him, of the history they share and of how he came to be in the crash. All he remembers is that he is a lawyer who specialises in small print. But when Oscar, his brother, takes the family company into business with an inventively cruel corporation** and Alice, his wife, starts to seem oddly unlike the woman he remembers, Frank's world starts to unspool and the terms and conditions that he has lived his life by*** begin to change. *apparently quite a serious one **we can't tell you what it's called for legal reasons, but believe us, it's evil ***and which are rarely in his favour