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Book SynopsisShortlisted for the Author''s Club First Novel Award
''Remarkable and redemptive . . . like the best of John le Carre'' A. L. Kennedy
Kenya, 1952, a colony on the edge. Settlers drink sundowners on the veranda but the servants can''t be trusted. Beyond manicured lawns, in the dark of the forest, freedom is stirring.
Johnny Seymour has seen too much war and seeks solace photographing East African wildlife. But when isolated white families are slaughtered by Mau Mau gangs, the British respond brutally and Johnny is reluctantly pulled into the horror. After his African driver Macharia disappears, Johnny is forced to confront shocking truths about his own country and ask how far he''ll go to help a friend.
Nearly sixty years later, disgraced young barrister Sam Seymour knows nothing about her grandfather. Even his name is taboo. All she understands is that Johnny did something so awful that his only son - her father - had to be rescued from
Trade Review
Remarkable and redemptive . . . like the best of John le Carre -- A. L. Kennedy
'An outstanding evocation of colonial imperialism in Kenya and its aftermath. Full of high drama, raw emotion and great descriptive power' Judges of the Authors' Club First Novel Award
