Death in the Rainy Season

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Death in the Rainy Season follows the experiences of a young American woman assigned to a post at the U.S. Embassy in 1984 Zaire and her passionate love affair with a Belgian businessman, born and brought up in Zaire and deeply committed to the country. A sensuously rendered sense of place firmly roots the novel in the complexities of Africa and brings to life the dissolute community of Westerners in Third World countries where easy living and dangerous intrigue blend together in a deceptive haze. The expatriates live in a privileged world where they drink, flirt, and gossip about who is sleeping with whom, but throughout all of this petty activity important business is getting done. Information is being gathered. Big power plays are being made. As a plot to overthrow the dictator Mobutu gains momentum, power, corruption, and sexual jealousy shatter the idyllic love affair between the two idealistic protagonists.