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Description edit
Best-selling memoirist Alexandra Fuller travels with a strangely charismatic Rhodesian war veteran into a modern-day heart of darkness. When Alexandra ("Bo") Fuller was home in Zambia a few years ago, visiting her parents for Christmas, she asked her father about a nearby banana farmer... read more
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Characters/People edit
- K: A pseudonym; K is a former soldier/mercenary from the Rhodesian civil war (which led to Rhodesia's becoming Zimbabwe).
- Alexandra Fuller (the author): Given the nickname "bobo" by her parents, which is used throughout the book. She has a sort of flirtatious not-explicitly-sexual (but sometimes hinted at) relationship with K.
First Sentence edit
BECAUSE IT IS THE LAND that grew me, and because they are my people, I sometimes forget to be astonished by Africans.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Alexandra Fuller (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Press
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: May 3, 2004
ISBN: 978-1594200168
Page Count: 278
Publisher: Penguin Press
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: May 3, 2004
ISBN: 978-1594200168
Page Count: 278
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 968.94042
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young AdultsYoung adults should be able to cope with the material in the book. There is a fair amount of discussion of past violence (one of the characters was a soldier in the Rhodesian civil war), and some sexual tension, but no overt acts of sex. Some coarse language. Not for "children," but junior/senior level high school students should be okay with it.
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